THERMIDOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Thermidor mean? 

• THERMIDOR (noun)
  The noun THERMIDOR has 1 sense:

1. eleventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (July and August); the month of heat

  Familiarity information: THERMIDOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THERMIDOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Eleventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (July and August); the month of heat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("Thermidor" is a kind of...):

Revolutionary calendar month (a month in the Revolutionary calendar)

Holonyms ("Thermidor" is a part of...):

Revolutionary calendar (the calendar adopted by the first French Republic in 1793 and abandoned in 1805; dates were calculated from Sept. 22, 1792)