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girondist
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girondist, n. [F. Girondiste.].
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. [1913 Webster]
girondist, a.
Of or pertaining to the Girondists. [1913 Webster]
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