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Fructidor (frük-te-dor'). [F., from L. fructus, fruit.] The name adopted in 1793 by the Na tional Convention of the first French republic for the twelfth month of the year. It consisted of 30 days, commencing with Aug. 19 in the years 1 to 8, and with Aug. 20 in 9 to 13. It was followed by 5 (in the years 3 and 11, corresponding to 1795 and 1803, by 6) complementary or intercalary days, called sans - culottides , completing the year. Fructidor, The 18th. In French history, Sept. 4, 1797, when the majority of the Directory executed a coup d'état against the royalist reaction. Two of the Directors were ejected and more than fifty members expelled from the Council of Five Hundred, where the royalists had suc ceeded in obtaining a majority. Frugal, Luke. The principal character in Mas singer's "City Madam": a vindictive, hypo critical villain. He is the brother of the charitable Sir John. Fruges (früzh). A town in the department of Pas-de-Calais, France, 33 miles south-southeast of Calais. Population (1891), commune, 3,090. Frumentius (frö-men's hi us). Lived in the 4th century. A Christian mi ionary and bishop, celebrated, as the founder of the Ethiopian Church, under the title of Abba Salama. Frutigen (frö'te-gen). A village in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, south of the Lake Fröschweiler (fresh'vi-ler), or Froschweiler of Thun. (frosh'vi-ler). A village near Wörth (which Fry, Mrs. (Elizabeth Gurney). Born at Earl see). ham, Norfolk, May 21, 1780: died at Ramsgate,