Fructidor

(fryktidɔr) n (Historical Terms) the month of fruit: the twelfth month of the French Revolutionary calendar, extending from Aug 19 to Sept 22[C18: from Latin frūctus fruit + Greek dōron gift]

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Fructidor - twelfth month of the Revolutionary calendar (August and September); the month of fruitRevolutionary calendar - the calendar adopted by the first French Republic in 1793 and abandoned in 1805; dates were calculated from Sept. 22, 1792Revolutionary calendar month - a month in the Revolutionary calendar

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(frŭk`tĭdôr, Fr. früktēdôr`), 12th month of the French Revolutionary calendarFrench Revolutionary calendar,
the official calendar of France, Nov. 24, 1793–Dec. 31, 1805. Its introduction was decreed by the Convention on Oct. 5, 1793, but it was computed from Sept. 22, 1792, the autumnal equinox and the day after the proclamation of the republic.
..... Click the link for more information. . The coup of 18 Fructidor (Sept. 4, 1797), in which General Augereau was a key figure, annulled the previous elections and removed Lazare Carnot and François de Barthélemy from the DirectoryDirectory,
group of five men who held the executive power in France according to the constitution of the year III (1795) of the French Revolution. They were chosen by the new legislature, by the Council of Five Hundred and the Council of Ancients; each year one director, chosen
..... Click the link for more information. . The coup was directed against those who wished to restore a constitutional monarchy.

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noun twelfth month of the Revolutionary calendar (August and September)

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