Babeuf

[ ba-bœf ]

noun

1. Fran·çois No·ël [f, r, ah, n, -, swa, noh-, el], Gracchus Babeuf, 1760–97, French revolutionary.

Babeuf

/ babœf /

noun

1. BabeufFrançois Noël17601797MFrenchPOLITICS: political agitator François Noël (frɑ̃swa nɔɛl) 1760–97, French political agitator: plotted unsuccessfully to destroy the Directory and establish a communistic system

Word History and Origins

Origin of Babeuf¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

Babeuf and Darthe, the principal leaders were secured and executed, which completely crushed the Jacobin power.

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The defect in principle of the Constitution was the origin of Babeuf's conspiracy.

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On the eve of the Revolution Babeuf was in the employ of a land surveyor at Roye.

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It was the attempts of the Directory to deal with this economic crisis that gave Babeuf his real historic importance.

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With the development of the economic crisis, however, Babeuf's influence increased.

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