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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French conventionnel.
Noun
conventionnel (plural conventionnels)
- (history) A member of the French National Convention.
1979, David P Jordan, The King's Trial, University of California, published 1979, page 178:To calm their nerves and dispel the phantoms of their imaginations, the conventionnels proposed a series of fantastic draconian measures designed to insure tranquillity during the voting.
2004, David Andress, The French Revolution and the People, London, page 236:When the crowds burst again into the assembly hall, they bore with them on a pike the head of a conventionnel, Féraud, who had tried to bar their path.
2006, Howard G Brown, Ending the French Revolution, University of Virginia, published 2008, page 27:The Conventionnels who had voted for the measure included many who had worked closely with deputies now under arrest for their part in the Terror.
French
Etymology
From convention + -el.
Pronunciation
Adjective
conventionnel (feminine conventionnelle, masculine plural conventionnels, feminine plural conventionnelles)
- conventional
Derived terms
Descendants
Noun
conventionnel m (plural conventionnels, feminine conventionnelle)
- (historical) conventionalist, conventionnel
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