Noun
communard (plural communards)
A person who lives in a commune.
(historical) A member of the Paris Commune of 1871.
(historical) A supporter of their cause.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgMilza, 2009a, p. 414 Communard prisoners and casualities Prisoners and exiles Executed National Guards Hundreds of prisoners who had been captured with weapons in their hands or gunpowder on their hands had been shot immediately. Source: Internet
The abandonment of the fort led the Commune to dismiss Rossel, and replace him with Delescluze, a fervent Communard but a journalist with no military experience. Source: Internet
The Prix Goncourt winning novel is an account of the tumultuous events of 1871 told in free indirect style from the points of view of a policeman and a Communard tied together by the murder of a child and love for an Italian woman called Miss Pecci. Source: Internet