Fructidor
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Fructidor
1785–95; < French < Latin frūcti- fructi- + Greek dôron gift
Example Sentences
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After the coup d'�tat of the eighteenth Fructidor, the Directoire exacted from every priest an oath of hatred against monarchy.
From Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day by Cammaerts, Emile
This led to the revolt of the Thirteenth Vendémiaire, and afterwards to the coup d'état of the Eighteenth Fructidor.
From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre by Morley, John
We have seen by the lingering condition of the negociations for peace, that nothing was to be expected from them, in the situation that things stood prior to the 18th Fructidor.
From The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 by Paine, Thomas
The chief result of the 18th Fructidor was a return, with slight mitigation, to the revolutionary government.
From History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 by Mignet, M. (François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis)
It was by this means that the new revolution, as it may be called, of the 18th Fructidor was effected.
From The History of Napoleon Buonaparte by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)
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