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  • vendee
    vendee
    noun
    the person to whom a thing is sold.
  • Vendée
    Vendée
    noun
    a department in W France, on the Atlantic: royalist revolt 1793–95. 2,709 sq. mi. (7,015 sq. km). La Roche-sur-Yon.
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vendee

1 American  
[ven-dee] / vɛnˈdi /

noun

Chiefly Law.
  1. the person to whom a thing is sold.


Vendée 2 American  
[vahn-day] / vɑ̃ˈdeɪ /

noun

  1. a department in W France, on the Atlantic: royalist revolt 1793–95. 2,709 sq. mi. (7,015 sq. km). La Roche-sur-Yon.


Vendée 1 British  
/ vɑ̃de /

noun

  1. a department of W France, in Pays-de-la-Loire region: scene of the Wars of the Vendée, a series of peasant-royalist insurrections (1793–95) against the Revolutionary government. Capital: La Roche-sur-Yon. Pop: 565 230 (2003 est). Area: 7016 sq km (2709 sq miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

vendee 2 British  
/ vɛnˈdiː /

noun

  1. law a person to whom something, esp real property, is sold; buyer

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of vendee

First recorded in 1540–50; vend + -ee


Example Sentences

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An innocent purchaser of goods, therefore, for a good consideration obtains a good title, even from a vendee who has obtained them by fraud, as against the original vendor.

From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Albert Sidney Bolles

The Roman Mancipation required the presence first of all of the parties, the vendor and vendee, or we should perhaps rather say, if we are to use modern legal language, the grantor and grantee.

From Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society by Sir Henry Sumner Maine

His position is thus that of a surety who is liable to his principal should the vendee make default.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various

As a rule, they were paid only by the vendee, and to the market clerk, whose record of the payment was an attestation to the genuineness of the purchase.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various

Neither venders nor vendee grieved at the result.

From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three by Thomas Frognall Dibdin

The regions of Alpes-Maritimes, Var, Bouches-du-Rhône, Ardèche, Rhône, Haute -Savoie, Vendée, Maine-et-Loire and Morbihan were part of the trial - but tax officials say it may now be rolled out nationwide.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2022

In March, Christian Drouin, a French farmer in the Vendée, discovered that his chickens were dying of avian influenza.

From Science Magazine ● May 11, 2022

Yannick Le Goater, a prosecutor in Vendée, said at a news conference that terrorism was not a factor in the killing.

From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2021

A western region of France, the Vendée, had been the site of the largest royalist insurrection against the Revolution in early 1793, featuring a rebel army of conservative peasants.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

Then there is the series of the acts of the Commune, of the several governing committees, of the Jacobins, of the war department, and seven volumes on Vendée alone.

From Lectures on the French Revolution by John Neville Figgis

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