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GIRONDIST

• GIRONDIST (noun)
The noun GIRONDIST has 1 sense:

1. 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

Familiarity information: GIRONDIST used as a noun is very rare.

• GIRONDIST (noun)

Sense 1

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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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Girondin; Girondist

Hypernyms ("Girondist" is a kind of...):

revolutionary; revolutionist; subversive; subverter (a radical supporter of political or social revolution)

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