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Thermidor

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Thermidor French [tɛrmidɔr]
n
(Historical Terms) the month of heat: the eleventh month of the French revolutionary calendar, extending from July 20 to Aug. 18 Also called Fervidor
[from French, from Greek thermē heat + dōron gift]
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Noun1.Thermidor - eleventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (July and August); the month of heat
Revolutionary calendar - the calendar adopted by the first French Republic in 1793 and abandoned in 1805; dates were calculated from Sept. 22, 1792
Revolutionary calendar month - a month in the Revolutionary calendar
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Observe," said Villefort, smiling, "I do not mean to deny that both these men were revolutionary scoundrels, and that the 9th Thermidor and the 4th of April, in the year 1814, were lucky days for France, worthy of being gratefully remembered by every friend to monarchy and civil order; and that explains how it comes to pass that, fallen, as I trust he is forever, Napoleon has still retained a train of parasitical satellites.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Ideas are contagious in a household; the ninth thermidor, like so many other portentous events, was the result of female influence.
Bureaucracy by de Balzac, Honore View in context
 
 
 
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