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Messidor

[ me-see-dawr ]
/ mɛ siˈdɔr /
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noun
(in the French Revolutionary calendar) the tenth month of the year, extending from June 19 to July 18.
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Words nearby Messidor

mess hall, Messiaen, Messiah, messianic, messianism, Messidor, Messier, Messier catalog, Messier catalogue, Messier number, messieurs
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How to use Messidor in a sentence

  • The date is doubtless 27 Messidor (July 16), and the fte alluded to that of July 14.

    Napoleon's Letters to Josephine|Henry Foljambe Hall

  • Messidor brought its quota of wild roses in the hedgerows, just as archaic June had done.

    I Will Repay|Baroness Emmuska Orczy

  • On the night of Messidor 9, Labussire abstracted the papers relating to the imprisoned actors and carried them off.

    Later Queens of the French Stage|H. Noel Williams

  • On the fifteenth came the first production in Germany of the French opera Messidor before a crowded audience at the opera house.

    An American Girl in Munich|Mabel W. Daniels

British Dictionary definitions for Messidor

Messidor
/ French (mesidɔr) /
noun
the month of harvest: the tenth month of the French revolutionary calendar, extending from June 20 to July 19

Word Origin for Messidor

C19: from French, from Latin messis harvest + Greek dōron gift
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