girondin

• Membre d'une faction politique modérée de la Révolution française, originaire de la Gironde, opposée aux Montagnards puis éliminée par les Jacobins en 1793. Le terme désigne aussi, par extension, un partisan de positions politiques modérées ou centristes.

A noun referring to a member of a moderate republican faction that held power during the French Revolution, before being overthrown by the more radical Jacobins.

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1. Historical political factionC1formalpolitical

   A member of a moderate republican political group that held power during the French Revolution, later ousted by the more radical Jacobins.

   Girondin (faction politique historique)

   • He studied the role of the Girondins in the early stages of the Revolution.
   • The Girondin deputies were arrested and executed in 1793.
   • Historians often contrast the Girondins' federalist ideas with the Jacobins' centralism.

   Synonymesgirondist

   Antonymesjacobin