Fructidor

[fryk-tee-dawr]

noun

(in the French Revolutionary calendar) the twelfth month of the year, extending from August 18 to September 16.

Origin of Fructidor

1785–95; < French < Latin frūcti- fructi- + Greek dôron gift

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Historical Examples of fructidor

The exiles they sent there the 18th of Fructidor pointed the way.
The Companions of Jehu
Alexandre Dumas, pre
Amnesty was likewise proclaimed for the victims of Fructidor.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte
William Milligan Sloane
General Lajolais had been arrested, as well as all his family, on the 18th Fructidor.
The Private Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete
Constant
Carnot had been exiled after the 18th Fructidor, and was at this time actually believed to be dead.
The History of Napoleon Buonaparte
John Gibson Lockhart
No modern instance of wrong and oppression can approach this Fructidor of the sixties in the South.
The Broken Sword
Dennison Worthington

British Dictionary definitions for fructidor

Fructidor

noun

the month of fruit: the twelfth month of the French Revolutionary calendar, extending from Aug 19 to Sept 22

Word Origin for Fructidor

C18: from Latin frūctus fruit + Greek dōron gift

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