Gi*ron"dist (?), 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.
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Gi*ron"dist, a.
Of or pertaining to the Girondists.
[Written also
Girondin.]
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