communard
/ˈkɑmjənɑrd/
noun
- A person who lives in a commune, sharing property and responsibilities with others.
- The communards grew their own food and shared all the chores.
- The communards held a meeting to decide how to spend their shared funds.
- She moved to the countryside and became a communard, living with a group of like-minded people.
- A member or supporter of the Paris Commune of 1871.
- Many communards were executed or exiled after the fall of the Paris Commune.
- Historians still debate the legacy of the communards and their ideals.
- The communards fought fiercely to defend their revolutionary government.
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