GIRONDE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The French moderate political party that was in power (1791-1793) during the French Revolution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Gironde" is a kind of...):

party; political party (an organization to gain political power)

Derivation:

Girondist (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)

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