A political club formed in mid-1791 after splitting with the Jacobins. Led by Antoine Barnave, the Feuillants rejected radical Jacobin republicanism and sought a constitutional monarchy.
Members of the Club des Feuillants, result of a split within the Jacobins, who favored a constitutional monarchy over a republic.
• (n. pl.) A reformed branch of the Bernardines, founded in 1577 at Feuillans, near Toulouse, in France.
Feu`illants' noun plural A reformed branch of the Bernardines, founded in 1577 at Feuillans , near Toulouse, in France.