Girondist


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Girondist /dʒɪˈrɒndɪst/ (also Girondin /dʒɪˈrɒndɪn/)
noun a member of the moderate republican party during the French Revolution.
– origin from archaic Fr. Girondiste (because the party leaders were the deputies from the department of the Gironde).
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