GIRONDIST


Meaning of GIRONDIST in English

[ dʒɪ'rɒndɪst ]

(also Girondin dʒɪ'rɒndɪn )

■ noun a member of the moderate republican party during the French Revolution.

Origin

from archaic Fr. ~e (because the party leaders were the deputies from the department of the Gironde ).

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