Definition of Girondist. Meaning of Girondist. Synonyms of Girondist

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Definition of Girondist

Girondist
Girondist Gi*ron"dist, n. [F. Girondiste.] A member of the moderate republican party formed in the French legislative assembly in 1791. The Girondists were so called because their leaders were deputies from the department of La Gironde.
Girondist
Girondist Gi*ron"dist, a. Of or pertaining to the Girondists. [Written also Girondin.]

Meaning of Girondist from wikipedia

- Girondins (US: /(d)ʒɪˈrɒndɪnz/ ji-RON-dinz, zhi-, French: [ʒiʁɔ̃dɛ̃] ), or Girondists, were a political group during the French Revolution. From 1791 to 1793...
- eloquent orator. He was a supporter of Jacques Pierre Brissot and the Girondist faction. Vergniaud was born in the city of Limoges in the province of...
- he gave his first speech in January 1792. He attached himself to the Girondists, whose vague deism, sentimental humanitarianism and ardent republicanism...
- a French inspector of manufactures in Lyon and became a leader of the Girondist faction in the French Revolution, largely influenced in this direction...
- the first day of sessions. On 25 and 26 September, Barbaroux and the Girondist Lasource accused Maximilien Robespierre of wanting to form a dictatorship...
- suggest roughly 160 of the 749 deputies can generally be categorised as Girondists, with another 200 Montagnards. The remainder were part of a centrist faction...
- department's name was changed to Bec-d'Ambès to avoid the ****ociation with the Girondist political party of the French Revolution. In July 2022, Gironde was affected...
- Saint-Magne-de-Castillon, near Saint-Émilion, Gironde, France Cause of death Suicide Political party Girondist Occupation Writer, politician Signature...
- Montagnards in the Convention became more overtly hostile to the ruling Girondist faction. The authorities' decision to arrest Jean-Paul Marat in April...
- Mountain Charles François Dumouriez General; sometime Girondist and Foreign Minister in the Girondist cabinet; eventually defected to Austria. Pierre Samuel...