Babeuf

[ ba-bœf ]
/ baˈbœf /

noun

Fran·çois No·ël [frahn-swa noh-el] /frɑ̃ˈswa noʊˈɛl/, Gracchus Babeuf,1760–97, French revolutionary.

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Origin of Babeuf

First recorded in 1840–50
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Babeuf
/ (French babœf) /

noun

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