Flamingant

The term flamingant, in both Dutch and French, refers to an adherent of the Flemish Movement.

The word wallingant is similarly used to describe adherents of the Walloon Movement which also gives rise to the comparable term wallingantisme.

The flamingant movement was originally initiated by the priests in Flanders under the French occupation after 1792.

[citation needed] The secular republic invaded the Austrian Netherlands three years later, retaining them until 1815.

This was very badly received in the Catholic provinces, alarming the clergy and damaging those economic sectors which were in competition with metropolitan France.