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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GIRONDIST

Gi *ron "dist, n. Etym: [F. Girondiste.]

 

Defn: 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.

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to the Girondists. [Written also Girondin.]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Girondist

Gi ron dist |jəˈrändist, ZHə -ʤəˈrɑndəst |(also Girondin |-din |) noun a member of the French moderate republican party in power 1791 –93 during the French Revolution, so called because the party leaders were the deputies from the department of the Gironde. ORIGIN from archaic French Girondiste (now Girondin ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

Girondist

Girondist |dʒɪˈrɒndɪst |(also Girondin |dʒɪˈrɒndɪn, French ʒiʀɔ̃dɛ̃ |) noun a member of the French moderate republican Party in power during the Revolution 1791 –3, so called because the party leaders were the deputies from the department of the Gironde. ORIGIN from archaic French Girondiste (now Girondin ).

 

Duden Dictionary

Girondist

Gi ron dist Substantiv, maskulin , der |ʒirõˈdɪst |nach dem französischen Departement Gironde, aus dem mehrere der Führer kamen Anhänger der Gironde, der Gruppe der gemäßigten Republikaner in der französischen Nationalversammlung (1791 –93 ) zur Zeit der Französischen Revolution

 

Girondistin

Gi ron dis tin Substantiv, feminin , die |Girond i stin |