Vendean

American  

[ven-dee-uhn, vahn-dey-] / 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

Example Sentences

He had reached the Paris road, up which his friends of the Vendean army would probably approach, when he saw an immense obstruction.

From Chatterbox, 1905. by Various

Granville, before an insignificant village, was fortified by the English in 1437, taken by the French in 1441, bombarded and burned by the English in 1695, and unsuccessfully besieged by the Vendean troops in 1793.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various

Some men, in disguise, were brought into the Vendean lines.

From Lectures on the French Revolution by Figgis, John Neville

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 Palliser, Bury, Mrs.

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