Paris Commune

American  

noun

1. commune.

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Paris Commune British  

noun

1. French history the council established in Paris in the spring of 1871 in opposition to the National Assembly and esp to the peace negotiated with Prussia following the Franco-Prussian War. Troops of the Assembly crushed the Commune with great bloodshed

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Etymology

Origin of Paris Commune

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

By 1911, it had spread to socialist women in Europe, with events in Vienna, though these were held March 18 in honor of the Paris Commune, according to Miller.

From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2022

I pulled a book about the Paris Commune out of Middle Ages, paged through it, and helpfully reshelved it in the section marked the Victorian Era.

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2020

Alistair Horne, a former British intelligence agent, produced volumes on the Algerian War and Franco-German conflicts from the Paris Commune to World War II.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2017

In the movie “Babette’s Feast,” a Frenchwoman comes to a remote Danish fishing village seeking political asylum after losing her husband and son in the Paris Commune of 1871.

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2013

Such a form of morale," Kautsky further informs us, "was very highly developed amongst the proletariat of the Paris Commune.

From Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) by Trotzky, Leon Davidovich