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Robespierre

Robespierre proper noun: a surname from French.

Proper noun

Robespierre

  1. A surname from French
    1. The French Revolutionary leader Maximilien Robespierre, 1758–1794. Often used as a byword for a murderous demagogue or tyrant.
      • Why, Greeley wants to be blood-thirsty — he wants to be a little Robespierre.1863, Edward Dicey, Spectator of America, Quadrangle, published 1971, page 25
      • "I am not, as you have seen, a Robespierre, and I don't even want to be thought of as a military dictator," said Col Gonatas, leader of the revolutionary movement, […]1922 October 2, “Gonatas Not a Robespierre”, in Boston Daily Globe, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2013

Words formed from Robespierre

Questions about Robespierre

What does Robespierre mean?
Robespierre means a surname from French.
What part of speech is Robespierre?
Robespierre is a proper noun.

Words near Robespierre in the dictionary

  1. robes de chambre
  2. Robeson
  3. Robeson Channel
  4. Robeson County
  5. Robesonian
  6. Robespierre
  7. Robespierrean
  8. Robespierreans
  9. Robespierrian
  10. Robespierrians
  11. Robespierrism

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