Girondist

American  

[juh-ron-dist] / dʒəˈrɒn dɪst /

noun

1. French History. a member of a political party (1791–93) of moderate republicans whose leaders were deputies from the department of Gironde.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Girondists.

Girondist British  

/ dʒɪˈrɒndɪst /

noun

1. a member of a party of moderate republicans during the French Revolution, many of whom came from Gironde: overthrown (1793) by their rivals the Jacobins See also Jacobin

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Girondists or their principles

Other Word Forms

• Girondism
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of Girondist

From the French word Girondiste, dating back to 1785–95. See Gironde, -ist

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Example Sentences

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Girondist

Despatches from Rome announce the formation of a Girondist Party.

From Time Magazine Archive

Soon the Girondist fugitives from Marseilles arrived, and were received with kindness.

From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) by William Milligan Sloane

The Girondist party had fallen and the triumphant Jacobins had no use for an agent who had served the discredited faction.

From Union and Democracy by Allen Johnson

In the latter he became identified with the Girondist party, and shared their troubles.

From A Short History of French Literature by George Saintsbury

Bouvard, being liberal-minded and of a sensitive nature, was a Constitutionalist, 148a Girondist, a Thermidorian; Pécuchet, being of a bilious temperament and a lover of authority, declared himself a sans-culotte, and even a Robespierrist.

From Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life by Gustave Flaubert

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