Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The first month of the French revolutionary calendar, beginning (in 1793) September 22d, and ending October 21st.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The first month of the French republican calendar, dating from September 22, 1792.

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  • proper noun historical The first month of the French Republican Calendar, starting on the date of the autumnal equinox (September 22, 23 or 24).

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun first month of the Revolutionary calendar (September and October); the month of the grape harvest

Etymologies

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From Latin vindemia (grape harvest)

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