Vendean
of or relating to the Vendée or its inhabitants.
a native or inhabitant of the Vendée, especially one who participated in the royalist revolt in 1793.
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How to use Vendean in a sentence
Reckoning it with Dunkirk and the Vendean expedition, the government had to confess to three failures in the year.
The Political History of England - Vol. X. | William HuntAn insurrection which began in the Vendean district of Anjou grew to a formidable height.
The Political History of England - Vol. X. | William HuntThat was the stronghold of the grand army, which included all that was best in Vendean virtue.
Lectures on the French Revolution | John Emerich Edward Dalberg-ActonOne Vendean, surrounded and summoned to give up his arms, cried: "First give me back my God."
Lectures on the French Revolution | John Emerich Edward Dalberg-ActonThe town was the site of a terrific conflict in the Vendean wars, and was well-nigh destroyed, and its inhabitants were massacred.
Rambles in Brittany | Francis Miltoun
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