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Com·mu·nard

 (kŏm′yə-närd′)
n.
1. A member or advocate of the Commune of Paris of 1871.
2. communard One who lives in a commune.

[French, from commune, commune; see commune2.]
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communard

(ˈkɒmjʊˌnɑːd)
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a member of a commune

Communard

(ˈkɒmjʊˌnɑːd)
n
(Historical Terms) any person who participated in or supported the Paris Commune formed after the Franco-Prussian War in 1871
[C19: from French]
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Com•mu•nard

(ˈkɒm yəˌnɑrd)

n.
1. a member or supporter of the Paris Commune of 1871.
2. (l.c.) a person who lives in a commune.
[1870–75; < French; see commune3, -ard]
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Translations
communard
коммунаркоммунаркакоммунарский

communard

nKommunarde m, → Kommunardin f
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This group of men and women, all tolerably intelligent and thoughtful looking, are so-called enemies of society--Nihilists, Anarchists, Communards, members of the International,and so on.
Exquisite guitar from Remy plus an enviable cast list of accompanists allow the lady who has shone in bands as diverse as The Communards and The Happy End to get deep inside such wonders as the title track, Head And Heart and Solid Air.
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The Communards, as they called themselves, rechristened UP Diliman 'Malayang Komunidad ng UP Diliman' and began renaming the campus' buildings after revolutionaries.
Reverend Coles, 56, who played keyboards in the Communards, said he was finding it tough "as a gay man in Kettering in 1978".
The ex-Strictly star and Communards keyboard player, who is also a BBC Radio 4 broadcaster, said the help he received "literally saved my life".
1871: French government forces enter Paris to do battle with the radical Communards who had taken over the city following the upheavals of the war with Prussia and the end of theSecond Empire: the Communards were defeated in a week of street fighting that saw at least 7,000 deaths, mostly of the radicals.
1521 - Battle at Villalar Emperor Charles I beats Communards
What some in the PML-N's leadership fail to realise is that while the party's vote bank might have remained mostly intact, its followers have neither the training nor, for that matter, the appetite for erecting barricades like the Paris Communards to fight out the police.
When Richard, who was in The Communards with Jimmy Sommerville, was named as one of the celebs for Strictly, most people thought he would follow in the slightly stumbling footsteps of Ed Balls and be people's champion - the celeb who has two left feet but the viewers' hearts.
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