vendee
the person to whom a thing is sold.
Origin of vendee
1Other definitions for Vendée (2 of 2)
a department in W France, on the Atlantic: royalist revolt 1793–95. 2,709 sq. mi. (7,015 sq. km). Capital: La Roche-sur-Yon.
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How to use vendee in a sentence
But, on the third day of our journey, we were stopped by a division of the Republican forces on their march to the Vendée.
In all La Vendée there was not a village that had not lost a child.
The Black Douglas | S. R. CrockettThroughout La Vendée and all the country of Retz had run a terrible rumour.
The Black Douglas | S. R. CrockettLa Vendée burns; Santerre can do nothing there; he may return home and brew beer.
Charette, the future hero of Vendée, was among them, unconscious yet of his extraordinary gifts for war.
Lectures on the French Revolution | John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
British Dictionary definitions for vendee (1 of 2)
/ (vɛnˈdiː) /
mainly law a person to whom something, esp real property, is sold; buyer
British Dictionary definitions for Vendée (2 of 2)
/ (French vɑ̃de) /
a department of W France, in Pays-de-la-Loire region: scene of the Wars of the Vendée, a series of peasant-royalist insurrections (1793–95) against the Revolutionary government. Capital: La Roche-sur-Yon. Pop: 565 230 (2003 est). Area: 7016 sq km (2709 sq miles)
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