Vendean

[ ven-dee-uhn, vahn-dey- ]

adjective

1. of or relating to the Vendée or its inhabitants.

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of the Vendée, especially one who participated in the royalist revolt in 1793.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Vendean¹

1790–1800; Vendée ( def ) + -an

Example Sentences

Forming a company of boys as scouts for the Vendéan Army, he greatly aids the peasants.

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Granville, before an insignificant village, was fortified by the English in 1437, taken by the French in 1441, bombarded and burned by the English in 1695, and unsuccessfully besieged by the Vendean troops in 1793.

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At the same time the Vendean War continued formidable.

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Some of the Vendean leaders persevered in resistance until May, and even after their submission the peace was ill observed, for the Royalists hearkened to the solicitations of the princes and their advisers.

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He was now only anxious to show that he was a Frenchman first, and a Vendéan afterwards.

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