HyperDic: girondist

English > 1 sense of the word Girondist:
NOUNperson Girondist, Girondina member of the moderate republican party that was in power during the French Revolution
English > Girondist: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningA 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.
SynonymGirondin
Broaderrevolutionist, revolutionary, subversive, subverterA radical supporter of political or social revolution
CatalanGirondí
NounsGirondethe French moderate political party that was in power (1791-1793) during the French Revolution

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