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Definition of Girondist
1. Noun. A member of the moderate republican party that was in power during the French Revolution; the Girondists were overthrown by their more radical rivals the Jacobins.
Generic synonyms: Revolutionary, Revolutionist, Subversive, Subverter
Derivative terms: Gironde
Definition of Girondist
1. n. 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. a. Of or pertaining to the Girondists.
Definition of Girondist
1. Noun. A member of a radical political faction in France during the French Revolution. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Girondist
Literary usage of Girondist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French: With a Preliminary by Walter Scott (1827)
"Robespierre impeaches the Leaders of the Girondist»— and is denounced by them.
... Lourd and other Girondist Leaders fly from Paris. ..."
2. Universal History: From the Creation of the World to the Decease of George by Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee, Edward Nares (1859)
"The queen, the twenty- two victims of the Girondist party, and General Custine,
... The Due d'Orleans, though not belonging to the Girondist party, ..."
3. Universal History: From the Creation of the World to the Decease of George by Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee, Edward Nares (1859)
"The queen, the twenty- two victims of the Girondist party, and General Custine,
... The Due d'Orleans, though not belonging to the Girondist party, ..."
4. The Uprising of June 20, 1792 by Laura Belle Pfeiffer (1913)
"The king's determination to veto them led to the dismissal of the Girondist
ministry, June 12.25 This action precipitated a crisis. ..."
5. The French Revolution: A Political History, 1789-1804 by François-Alphonse Aulard (1910)
"... 1793) I. Organisation of the Girondist party.—II. Its political programme.
—III. Its leaders.—IV. Organisation and programme of the Montagnard party. ..."
6. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... of reform in the French Revolution, because they were "led by the nose" by
Jean Pierre Brissot. The party was subsequently called the Girondist*. ..."
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