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Robespierre

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Noun

1. maxmillien marie isidore de robespierre, robespierre

French revolutionary; leader of the Jacobins and architect of the Reign of Terror; was himself executed in a coup d'etat (1758-1794)

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Robespierre

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noun
Maximilien François Marie Isidore de (maksimiljɛ̃ frɑ̃swa mari izidɔr də). 1758–94, French revolutionary and Jacobin leader: established the Reign of Terror as a member of the Committee of Public Safety (1793–94): executed in the coup d'état of Thermidor (1794)

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Robespierre

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Maximilien (François Marie Isidore de) (maksimiˈljɛ̃) ; mȧksēmēlyanˈ) 1758-94; Fr. revolutionist & Jacobin leader: guillotined

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Robespierre

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French revolutionary. Leader of the Jacobins and architect of the Reign of Terror, he was known as an austere and incorruptible man. His laws permitting the confiscation of property and arrest of suspected traitors, many of whom were guillotined, led to his own arrest and execution without trial.

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