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Com⋅mu⋅nard

  [kom-yuh-nahrd]
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–noun
1. (often lowercase) French History. a member or supporter of the Commune of 1871. Compare commune 3 (def. 8b).
2. (lowercase) a person who lives in a commune.
Origin:
1870–75; < F; see commune 3 , -ard
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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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