Definition of Girondism in English :

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Meaning of Girondism in English

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Girondism

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Noun

1. girondism

the doctrine of the Girondists

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Girondism

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noun
1. 
a member of a party of moderate republicans during the French Revolution, many of whom came from Gironde: overthrown (1793) by their rivals the Jacobins
See also Jacobin (sense 1)
adjective
2. 
of or relating to the Girondists or their principles

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Girondism

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noun
1. 
a member of a French political party (1791-93) that advocated moderate republican principles: it was suppressed by the Jacobins
adjective
2. 
designating or of this party

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