Vendean
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of Vendean
1790–1800; Vendée ( def. ) + -an
Example Sentences
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Hush, Philippe!" said the other, "the weapon is not in their armory to make a Vendean tremble—But, hark! there is the drum for the inspection.
From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I by Charles James Lever
At the same time the Vendean War continued formidable.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various
One Vendean, surrounded and summoned to give up his arms, cried: "First give me back my God."
From Lectures on the French Revolution by John Neville Figgis
His father, the son of a Vendean fisherman, after working his way up to the command of a French man-of-war, purchased a plantation in Louisiana, which at that time belonged to France.
From American Men of Mind by Burton Egbert Stevenson
"Who would have thought of a Vendean turning traitor?"
From No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee by Stanley L. Wood
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