Definition of Girondist in English:
Girondist
(also Girondin)
noun dʒɪˈrɒndɪstdʒəˈrɑndəst
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.
吉伦特派成员（吉伦特派系在法国1791至1793年革命期间执政的温和共和派政党，因领导人来自吉伦特省而得名）
Example sentencesExamples
- In turn, the Girondists ' supporters rebelled against the Convention.
- The point is that both the moderation of the constitutional Girondists and the anti-constitutional Jacobins had depended on being able to stir and steer popular power.
- In June 1793, factional disputes with the Convention resulted in the replacement of the Girondins with the Jacobins, a far more radical group.
- What made a Girondin was revolutionary intransigence: an attitude of mind that was not prepared to compromise the principles of 1789, whatever happened.
- Like many political revolutionaries, the origins of the anarchists lie in the French Revolution; this was the first time the word was used, by the Girondins.
Origin
From archaic French Girondiste (now Girondin).
Definition of Girondist in US English:
Girondist
(also Girondin)
noundʒəˈrɑndəstjəˈrändəst
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.
吉伦特派成员（吉伦特派系在法国1791至1793年革命期间执政的温和共和派政党，因领导人来自吉伦特省而得名）
Example sentencesExamples
- Like many political revolutionaries, the origins of the anarchists lie in the French Revolution; this was the first time the word was used, by the Girondins.
- The point is that both the moderation of the constitutional Girondists and the anti-constitutional Jacobins had depended on being able to stir and steer popular power.
- What made a Girondin was revolutionary intransigence: an attitude of mind that was not prepared to compromise the principles of 1789, whatever happened.
- In June 1793, factional disputes with the Convention resulted in the replacement of the Girondins with the Jacobins, a far more radical group.
- In turn, the Girondists ' supporters rebelled against the Convention.
Origin
From archaic French Girondiste (now Girondin).