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conventionnel

conventionnel noun: a member of the French National Convention.

Noun

conventionnel (plural conventionnels)

  1. A member of the French National Convention.
    • 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.1979, David P Jordan, The King's Trial, University of California, published 1979, page 178
    • 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.2004, David Andress, The French Revolution and the People, London, page 236

Forms of conventionnel

pluralconventionnels

Origin of conventionnel

Borrowed from French conventionnel.

Questions about conventionnel

What does conventionnel mean?
Conventionnel means a member of the French National Convention.
What part of speech is conventionnel?
Conventionnel is a noun.
What is the plural of conventionnel?
The plural of conventionnel is conventionnels.

Words near conventionnel in the dictionary

  1. conventiongoer
  2. conventiongoers
  3. conventionism
  4. conventionist
  5. conventionists
  6. conventionnel
  7. conventionnels
  8. conventions
  9. Conventionsthaler
  10. Conventionsthalers
  11. convents

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