Real Dictionary

Directoire in American English
an executive body of five men in the First Republic in France, given office Oct. 27, 1795, and ousted Nov. 9, 1799
designating or of a style of furniture, dress, etc. of the time of the Directoire, characterized by simple neoclassic lines
adjective: noting or pertaining to the style of French furnishings and decoration of the mid-1790s, characterized by an increasing use of Greco-Roman forms along with an introduction, toward the end, of Egyptian motifs: usually includes the Consulate period
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Directoire in British English
noun: the French Directory