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  vendee

  noun

  the person to whom a thing is sold.
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  Vendée

  noun

  a department in W France, on the Atlantic: royalist revolt 1793–95. 2,709 sq. mi. (7,015 sq. km). La Roche-sur-Yon.

vendee

¹ American  

[ven-dee] / vɛnˈdi /

noun

Chiefly Law.

1. the person to whom a thing is sold.

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Vendée ² American  

[vahn-dey] / vɑ̃ˈdeɪ /

noun

1. a department in W France, on the Atlantic: royalist revolt 1793–95. 2,709 sq. mi. (7,015 sq. km). La Roche-sur-Yon.

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Vendée ¹ British  

/ vɑ̃de /

noun

1. a department of W France, in Pays-de-la-Loire region: scene of the Wars of the Vendée, a series of peasant-royalist insurrections (1793–95) against the Revolutionary government. Capital: La Roche-sur-Yon. Pop: 565 230 (2003 est). Area: 7016 sq km (2709 sq miles)

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vendee ² British  

/ vɛnˈdiː /

noun

1. law a person to whom something, esp real property, is sold; buyer

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Etymology

Origin of vendee

First recorded in 1540–50; vend + -ee

Example Sentences

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vendee Vendée

Purchase -- N. purchase, emption†; buying, purchasing, shopping; preemption, refusal. coemption†, bribery; slave trade. buyer, purchaser, emptor, vendee; patron, employer, client, customer, clientele.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

The vendee or purchaser would sue to recover for a broken covenant.

From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Bolles, Albert Sidney

Neither venders nor vendee grieved at the result.

From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

The Roman Mancipation required the presence first of all of the parties, the vendor and vendee, or we should perhaps rather say, if we are to use modern legal language, the grantor and grantee.

From Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society by Maine, Henry Sumner, Sir

His position is thus that of a surety who is liable to his principal should the vendee make default.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various

"It's the Vendée Globe race, it's the toughest sailing race in the world."

From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2024

It will be skippered by French navigator Armel Le Cléac’h, winner of the solo around-the-world race Vendée Globe in 2017.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 23, 2023

In March, Christian Drouin, a French farmer in the Vendée, discovered that his chickens were dying of avian influenza.

From Science Magazine ● May 11, 2022

A western region of France, the Vendée, had been the site of the largest royalist insurrection against the Revolution in early 1793, featuring a rebel army of conservative peasants.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

That was not, originally, the spirit of La Vendée.

From Lectures on the French Revolution by Figgis, John Neville

Related Words

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