Vendean

American  

[ven-dee-uhn, vahn-day-] / vɛnˈdi ən, vɑ̃ˈdeɪ- /

adjective

1. of or relating to the Vendée or its inhabitants.

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of the Vendée, especially one who participated in the royalist revolt in 1793.

Etymology

Origin of Vendean

1790–1800; Vendée ( def. ) + -an

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Example Sentences

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Vendean

Footnote 17: The Emperor considered this rigorous measure as a just reprisal for the means employed by the Vendean chiefs, to recruit their army.

From Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II by Pierre Alexandre Édouard, baron Fleury de Chaboulon

The town and castle were destroyed in 1792 and 1793 during the Vendean wars.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various

Granville—Situation—History—Church, 21—View from the "Roc"—Bathing-machines—Defeat of the Vendean army—Death of La Rochejacquelin, 22—Costume of the Women—Environs—St. Pair, 23.

From Brittany & Its Byways by Mrs. Bury Palliser

So stoutly was the post held that the Vendean general saw that the bridge could not be taken, without terrible loss.

From No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee by Stanley L. Wood

Canclaux, but he was killed, and the Vendean army broke up.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

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