girondist(n = noun.person) girondin - a member of the moderate republican party that was in power during the French Revolution; the Girondists were overthrown by their more radical rivals the Jacobins;
A member of the moderate republican party formed in the French legislative assembly in 1791. The Girondists were so called because their leaders were deputies from the department of La Gironde. [1913 Webster]
girondist, a.
Of or pertaining to the Girondists. [1913 Webster]