boulangist

Bou·lan·gism

[boo-lan-jiz-uhm]
noun
the doctrines of militarism and reprisals against Germany, advocated, especially in the 1880s, by the French general Boulanger.

Origin:
1885–90; < French boulangisme. See G. E. J. M. Boulanger, -ism

Bou·lan·gist, noun
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