Cabet

[ ka-be ]

noun
  1. É·tienne [ey-tyen], /eɪˈtyɛn/, 1788–1856, French socialist who established a utopian community in the U.S. (in Illinois) called Icaria: became U.S. citizen 1854.

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How to use Cabet in a sentence

  • A generation later, a dashing French socialist named Etienne Cabet founded the Icarian Nation in Illinois.

  • The society soon became involved in a controversy in which Cabet's immediate following were outnumbered.

    Our Foreigners | Samuel P. Orth
  • Though educated for the bar, Cabet devoted himself to social and political reform.

    Our Foreigners | Samuel P. Orth
  • Cabet thereupon framed a constitution and sought the means of founding a real Icaria.

    Our Foreigners | Samuel P. Orth
  • Cabet, in Corsica, joined the radical anti-administration forces, and became a thorn in the side of the government.

    Socialism | John Spargo
  • Besides all the advantages of having everything made ready to his hand, M. Cabet had a select company of colonists.

    The Life of John Taylor | B. H. Roberts