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Girondist

Gi·rond·ist [ jə róndist, i róndist ] (plural Gi·rond·ists) or Gi·rond·in [ jə róndin, i róndin ] (plural Gi·rond·ins)


noun 
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moderate republican in French Revolution: a member of the moderate republican faction during the French Revolution that ruled from 1791 to 1793. Its leading members were from the Gironde region.

[Late 18th century. < French Girondiste "somebody from the Gironde region of France"]
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