Brumaire
(in the French Revolutionary calendar) the second month of the year, extending from October 22 to November 20.
Historical Examples
The Companions of Jehu Alexandre Dumas, pre
Napoleon the Little Victor Hugo
Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men Francois Arago
France and the Republic William Henry Hurlbert
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 Various
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 Various
A History of England, Period III. Rev. J. Franck Bright
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
The History of Napoleon Buonaparte John Gibson Lockhart
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
noun
the month of mist: the second month of the French revolutionary calendar, extending from Oct 23 to Nov 21
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