Girondist

/dʒəˈrɑndəst/
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Other forms: Girondists

Definitions of Girondist
  1. noun
    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
    synonyms: Girondin
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    type of:
    revolutionary, revolutionist, subversive, subverter
    a radical supporter of political or social revolution
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