the mountain
Preserved but no longer current.
The extreme democratic party in the French Revolution, the members of which were known as Les Montagnards because they seated themselves on the highest benches of the hall in which the
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Examples
Tatoeba sentence #29003 (CC BY 2.0 FR, tatoeba.org, retrieved 2026-07-31)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “the mountain” mean?
The extreme democratic party in the French Revolution, the members of which were known as Les Montagnards because they seated themselves on the highest benches of the hall in which the
Is “the mountain” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.