Communard

[ kom-yuh-nahrd ]

/ ˈkɒm yəˌnɑrd /

(often lowercase) French History. a member or supporter of the Commune of 1871. Compare commune³(def 8b).

(lowercase) a person who lives in a commune.

Origin of Communard

From French, dating back to 1870–75; see origin at commune³, -ard

They attacked him from every standpoint, though on one point they seemed in agreement, namely: that he was a communard.

Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning |Willard Huntington Wright
The honest Minister, not having succeeded in getting his enemy shot as a Communard, summoned him before the assizes for libel.

History of the Commune of 1871 |P. Lissagary
For every captured Communard or sympathizer with the Commune shot by the Versaillese, three hostages were to be shot.

Dictatorship vs. Democracy |Leon Trotsky
Gambon was one of the mildest of creatures, and somewhat of a "communard malgr lui."

An Englishman in Paris |Albert D. (Albert Dresden) Vandam

Beside it the Communard journals, in spite of their romanticism, show pale and dull.

History of the Commune of 1871 |P. Lissagary

communard

/ (ˈkɒmjʊˌnɑːd) /

a member of a commune

Communard

/ (ˈkɒmjʊˌnɑːd) /

any person who participated in or supported the Paris Commune formed after the Franco-Prussian War in 1871

C19: from French