Vendean

American  

[ven-dee-uhn, vahn-dey-] / vɛnˈdi ən, vɑ̃ˈdeɪ- /

adjective

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

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noun

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

Etymology

Origin of Vendean

1790–1800; Vendée ( def. ) + -an

Example Sentences

I am also a Vendean and, as the cause is now lost, I am making my way down to the sea.

From No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee by Wood, Stanley L.

Some men, in disguise, were brought into the Vendean lines.

From Lectures on the French Revolution by Figgis, John Neville

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.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various

Though the Cabinet withdrew the marrow of the Vendean expedition, yet not enough troops were available to complete Abercromby's muster; and when the men were ready, the ordnance and transports were not at hand.

From William Pitt and the Great War by Rose, John Holland

France had made some progress in all these directions, and, in spite of English assistance, both the Vendean and the Chouan insurrections had, to all appearance, been utterly crushed.

From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan