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Meaning of GIRONDIST

Pronunciation:  ju'rândist

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a member of the moderate republican party during the French Revolution; the Girondists were overthrown by their more radical rivals the Jacobins
 
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 See Also: revolutionary, revolutionist, subversive, subverter

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Gi*ron"dist\, n. [F. Girondiste.]
    A member of the moderate republican party formed in the
    French legislative assembly in 1791. The Girondists were so
    called because their leaders were deputies from the
    department of La Gironde.
    
  2. \Gi*ron"dist\, a.
    Of or pertaining to the Girondists. [Written also
    {Girondin}.]
    
 

 

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