Vendean

Vendean
/ven dee"euhn, vahonn day"-/, adj.
1. of or pertaining to the Vendée or its inhabitants.
n.
2. a native or inhabitant of the Vendée, esp. one who participated in the royalist revolt in 1793.
[1790-1800; VENDÉE + -AN]

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