Vendean

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

/ vɛnˈdi ən, vɑ̃ˈdeɪ- /

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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.

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QUIZ YOURSELF ON "WAS" VS. "WERE"!

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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

Origin of Vendean

1790–1800; Vendée + -an

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 Hunt
An insurrection which began in the Vendean district of Anjou grew to a formidable height.
The Political History of England - Vol. X.|William Hunt
That 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-Acton
One 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-Acton

The 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