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GIRONDIST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
Girondin; Girondist
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Girondist" is a kind of...):
revolutionary; revolutionist; subversive; subverter (a radical supporter of political or social revolution)
Derivation:
Gironde (the French moderate political party that was in power (1791-1793) during the French Revolution)
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