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

- The Girondins (US: /(d)ʒɪˈrɒndɪnz/, French: [ʒiʁɔ̃dɛ̃] ), also called 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...
- a French inspector of manufactures in Lyon and became a leader of the Girondist faction in the French Revolution, largely influenced in this direction...
- 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...
- the first day of sessions. On 25 and 26 September, Barbaroux and the Girondist Lasource accused Maximilien Robespierre of wanting to form a dictatorship...
- 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...
- with the moderate Girondists and strongly opposed the death sentence imposed on King Louis XVI. Daunou took little part in the Girondist clash with their...
- he gave his first speech in January 1792. He attached himself to the Girondists, whose vague deism, sentimental humanitarianism and ardent republicanism...
- Montagnards in the Convention became more overtly hostile to the ruling Girondist faction. The authorities' decision to arrest Jean-Paul Marat in April...
- 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...