Vendean

[ven-dee-uh n, vahn-dey-]

adjective

of or relating to the Vendée or its inhabitants.

noun

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

Origin of Vendean

1790–1800; Vendée + -an

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Examples from the Web for vendean

Historical Examples of vendean

I am also a Vendean and, as the cause is now lost, I am making my way down to the sea.
No Surrender!
G. A. Henty
My brother-in-law was a Vendean, and has fought through the war.
No Surrender!
G. A. Henty
The town and castle were destroyed in 1792 and 1793 during the Vendean wars.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5
Various
A Vendean priest celebrated the mass standing in blood and upon mutilated corpses.
The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2
Eugne Sue
Charette, the Vendean leader, retaliated by a holocaust of two thousand republican prisoners whom he had taken.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte
William Milligan Sloane