communard

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The communard, Tanguy, must have liked the way he blended, unforegrounded, yet retained

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  1. One who advocates government by communes; a communalist; especially, a member or supporter of the Paris commune of 1871. The federal republic has always been the favorite ideal of the Democrats of Spain and of the Communards of Paris. Rae, Contemporary Socialism, p. 5.

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  • The communard, Tanguy, must have liked the way he blended, unforegrounded, yet retained —  CounterPunch
  • Manet they could stand, even Claude Monet; but Cιzanne--communard and anarchist he must be (so said the wise ones in official circles), for he was such a villainous painter! —  Promenades of an Impressionist
  • Comte de Luçay, journalist and communard. —  The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1
  • Manet they could stand, even Claude Monet; but Cézanne -- communard and anarchist he must be (so said the wise ones in official circles), for he was such a villainous painter! —  Promenades of an Impressionist
  • Called a _communard_ in 1874, Cézanne was saluted with the title of anarchist in 1904, when his vogue had begun; these titles being a species of official nomenclature for all rebels. —  Promenades of an Impressionist
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  1. French communard, from commune (see commune of Paris (b), under commune) + -ard, in a depreciatory sense.
 

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