communard

1. Generally, a member of a French commune. Or any other kind of commune.

2. A member or supporter of the Paris Commune, one of the first historical attempts to establish a socialist state. They were brutally repressed by the French Third Republic.

3. A French apéritif (cocktail) similar to or also known as a Cardinal. It is made in a small wine glass, with 1/5th crème de cassis (blackcurrant liqueur) and 4/5ths Beaujolais red wine, and garnished with a few blackberries.

4. A member of a ibrigade de cuisine/i (kitchen staff in a posh restaurant or hotel) who makes the meal for the restaurant staff.

1. Je suis un communard d'Arles - I am a communard in Arles.

2. Twenty thousand communards were massacred by the French Army.

3. Back home in the south of France they make amazing communards.

4. The communard made us a lovely meal after that long, grueling shift.