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Definition of Girondists

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 Girondists 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...
- by the September M****acres, which ultimately overwhelmed the party of Girondists that he led. On 19 March 1792, when the perpetrators of the m****acre of...
- Jacques-Antoine Dulaure who later sat with the Girondists. Pierre Claude François Daunou who ****ociated with the Girondists has also been regarded as part of The...
- and joined the Girondists under the influence of his friend Madame Roland. Buzot entered a polemic with the main rival of the Girondists, Jean-Paul Marat...
- Legislative ****embly as one of the group of deputies known subsequently as Girondists. As a supporter of the monarchist and liberal constitution of 1791 he...
- he gave his first speech in January 1792. He attached himself to the Girondists, whose vague deism, sentimental humanitarianism and ardent republicanism...
- 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...
- Convention to dissolve the Commission of Twelve and the arrest of 22 selected Girondists. Some people on the galleries called "A la Vendée".[citation needed] During...
- Friends of the Constitution, entertaining deputies who later became leading Girondists, and taking an active part in the political landscape. Meanwhile, Madame...
- including (the date is the date of death): Charlotte Corday (18 July 1793) 22 Girondists (31 October 1793); among them Jacques Pierre Brissot and Pierre Victurnien...