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

In such a case, how many Swiss, Bavarian, Tyrolese, Breton, Vendean peasants would go to see the fortune-teller?

From The Bible: what it is by Bradlaugh, Charles

Footnote 17: The Emperor considered this rigorous measure as a just reprisal for the means employed by the Vendean chiefs, to recruit their army.

From Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II by Fleury de Chaboulon, Pierre Alexandre Édouard, baron

Of the 80,000 who crossed the Loire sixty days before, only 8000 remained to make their last heroic resistance at Savenay, which ended the great Vendean war.

From Brittany & Its Byways by Palliser, Bury, Mrs.

In 1799 he entered the military marine at Rochefort, but soon left it to join the Vendean army.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

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.