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Girondist   Listen
adjective
Girondist  adj.  (Written also Girondin)  Of or pertaining to the Girondists.





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... of Defence, 1793; his attack on Robespierre proving unsuccessful he committed suicide; his body was afterwards found on the Landes of Bordeaux half devoured by wolves; was surnamed the "Virtuous," as Robespierre the "Incorruptible"; was of the Girondist party; had "unalterable beliefs, not hindmost of them," says Carlyle, "belief ...
— The Nuttall Encyclopaedia - Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge • Edited by Rev. James Wood


Words linked to "Girondist" :   Girondin, revolutionary, subversive


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