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

Etymology

Origin of Girondist

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

Example Sentences

Despatches from Rome announce the formation of a Girondist Party.

From Time Magazine Archive

His character, 159, 171.His successes on the northeast coast of Spain, 161-166.His retirement to Valencia thwarted, 170.Returns to Valencia as a volunteer, 170.His recall to England, 171.P�tion, the Girondist, iii.

From Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

Animated by such feelings, he was, till the close of May, 1793, a Girondist, if not an ultra-Girondist.

From Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

He bitterly attacked the ministers of Louis XVI., and was largely instrumental in forcing the king to accept the Girondist ministry of the 15th of March 1792.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

Two persons whose talents were not brilliant, but who enjoyed a high reputation for probity and public spirit, P�tion and Roland, lent the whole weight of their names to the Girondist connection.

From Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron