/mus"keuh din/ ; Fr. /myuu skah daonn"/ , n. , pl. muscadins /-dins/ ; Fr. /-daonn"/ .
1. a person with monarchical sympathies during the French Revolution, esp. from 1794 to 1796.
2. a French fop or dandy of this period.
[ 1785-95; moscardino, deriv. (with -ardino; see -ARD, -IN 1 ) of moscado, moscato, equiv. to mosc- ( -ato -ATE 1 ]