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Girondist

noun

Girondist is spelled G-I-R-O-N-D-I-S-T: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Girondist means “A member of a moderate political faction in France during the French Revolution” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Girondist is Girondists.

How many letters and syllables are in Girondist?

Letters9: G-I-R-O-N-D-I-S-T
In writingabout once in every 91 million words; the 305,310th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is Girondist?

Girondist appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Forms of Girondist

  • Girondists plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does Girondist mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A member of a moderate political faction in France during the French Revolution.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Girondist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense member of a moderate faction during the French revolution:

LanguageWords
FrenchGirondin, Girondiste
GermanGirondist, Girondistin
Portuguesegirondino

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does Girondist come from?

From French Girondiste; so called because their leaders were deputies from the department of Gironde.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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