Vendémiaire
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Vendémiaire
< French, equivalent to vendémi- (< Latin vindēmia vintage) + -aire -ary
Example Sentences
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This hesitation, no doubt, injured the projects of the reactionists, who were preparing the conspiracy of Vendémiaire.
From History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 by M. (François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis) Mignet
The 13th Vendémiaire was the 10th of August of the royalists against the republic, except that the convention resisted the bourgeoisie much better than the throne resisted the faubourgs.
From History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 by M. (François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis) Mignet
Jean," he began, "I've never told you how much I admired the way you held that gun, on the Thirteenth Vendémiaire, in spite of that leering devil above you.
From When a Cobbler Ruled a King by Augusta Huiell Seaman
In an hour of danger, his resolution qualified him to execute sudden measures, like those of Thermidor or Vendémiaire.
From History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 by M. (François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis) Mignet
I find the proof of this in a letter, still unpublished, which he wrote to Kléber from Thebes, on the 20th Vendémiaire, in the year VII.
From Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men by Robert Grant
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