Associations to the word «Girondist»

Wiktionary

GIRONDIST, noun. A member of a radical political faction in France during the French Revolution.

Dictionary definition

GIRONDIST, 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.

Wise words

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