Advertisement

Advertisement

Feuillant

/ fœjɑ̃ /

noun

  1. French history a member of a club formed in 1791 by Lafayette advocating a limited constitutional monarchy: forced to disband in 1792 as the revolution became more violent and antimonarchical
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of Feuillant1

from the convent of Notre Dame des Feuillants , where meetings were held
Discover More

Example Sentences

It was the first act of hostility and defiance, and it showed that the king was parting with his Feuillant friends.

He could count on the Feuillant majority, on the ministry composed of his partisans, on his popularity with the National Guard.

But the Assembly was not Feuillant, and the veto began its estrangement from the king.

By fortune and valour, she has extinguished Feuillantism itself, at least the Feuillant Club.

He was thus led to separate himself from the Jacobins and to join the Feuillant party.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


Feuerbachfeuilleton