单词 | girondin |
释义 | Girondinn.adj. = Girondist n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > French politics > [noun] > Girondist party > member of Girondist1795 Girondin1837 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. iii. i. 160 As for the Girondin Formula, of a respectable Republic for the Middle Classes, all manner of Aristocracies being now sufficiently demolished, there seems little reason to expect that the business will stop there. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. iii. i. 166 The Girondins have left Memoirs, which are too often little other than long-drawn Interjections, of Woe is me and Cursed be ye. 1890 E. B. Bax Story French Revol. xv. 66 All the leading Girondins, including the twelve forming the Commission, were placed under arrest... Thus perished Girondism. 1965 M. J. Sydenham Fr. Revol. vii. 185 Thus the trial fulfilled its purpose, and the mythical ‘Girondin party’ was finally imposed on history. 1968 P. O'Brian tr. B. Faÿ Louis XVI iii. ix. 375 The Girondins, more eloquent and greedy than intelligent, wanted to compel the king to give them back their ministerial posts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.adj.1837 |
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