GIRONDIST

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 I. (noun) 

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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:

Nouns denoting people

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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