Girondist

[dʒi'rɒndist]

解釋/意思:

(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.

阿奇校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) 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.

(a.) Of or pertaining to the Girondists.

乔琳整理

解釋/意思:

n. a member of the moderate republican party during the French Revolution so called because its earliest leaders Vergniaud Guadet &c. were sent up to the Legislative Assembly (Oct. 1791) by the Gironde department.—Also Giron′din.

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