Septembrist

American

[sep-tem-brist] / sɛpˈtɛm brɪst /

noun

a person who instigated or took part in the September Massacre.

Septembrist British

/ sɛpˈtɛmbrɪst /

noun

French history a person who took part in the September Massacre

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Etymology

Origin of Septembrist

1830–40; September + -ist, modeled on Portuguese setembrista (with reference to the revolution of September 1836 in Portugal); replacing earlier septembrizer < French septembriseur

Example Sentences

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At first, he hoped that this Buonapartist, this Jacobin, this terrorist, this Septembrist, would return.

From Les Misérables by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

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