Gaullist
Americannoun
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a supporter of the political principles of Charles de Gaulle.
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a French person who supported the French resistance movement against the Nazi occupation in World War II.
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Gaullist
From the French word Gaullistes, dating back to 1940–45. See Charles de Gaulle, -ist
Example Sentences
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At a Gaullist campaign rally in 1968, Malraux put his finger on a weakness of conservative economic thought.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
And in Paris, he inherited the mantle of the legendary Jacques Foccart – the Gaullist who oversaw the post-colonial Françafrique system, with its arrangements of influence and protection, markets, materials, muscle… and money.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2024
Mr. Macron, he said, was playing “the Gaullist card,” a reference to Charles de Gaulle’s bristling assertion of independence from the United States once World War II was won.
From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2023
“Gouzon is a municipality that for 50, 60 years used to vote Gaullist, then Chirac, then Sarkozy predominantly,” he said.
From Reuters ● Apr. 11, 2022
Grandeur, however, has been denied the former Gaullist Jacques Chirac, who died this week.
From Slate
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