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Gironde   /dʒərˈɔnd/   Listen
Gironde

noun
1.
The French moderate political party that was in power (1791-1793) during the French Revolution.





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"Gironde" Quotes from Famous Books



... "as for the best; These amorous folk some time must have rest." At after supper fell they in treaty What summe should this master's guerdon* be, *reward To remove all the rockes of Bretagne, And eke from Gironde to the mouth of Seine. He made it strange,* and swore, so God him save, *a matter of Less than a thousand pound he would not have, difficulty* *Nor gladly for that sum he would not gon.* *see note * Aurelius with blissful heart anon Answered ...
— The Canterbury Tales and Other Poems • Geoffrey Chaucer
... the Princess was at Lucon, the 11th at La Rochelle, the 12th at Rochefort, the 13th at Blaye, the 14th at Bordeaux. The "faithful city," as the capital of the Gironde was then named, distinguished itself by its enthusiasm. A little girl of eight years, Mademoiselle du Hamel, surrounded by her young companions, daughters of members of the municipal government read a welcome to the mother of the Duke of ...
— The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X • Imbert De Saint-Amand


Words linked to "Gironde" :   Girondist, political party, party


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