Babeuf

American  

[ba-bœf] / baˈbœf /

noun

1. François Noël Gracchus Babeuf, 1760–97, French revolutionary.

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Babeuf British  

/ babœf /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Babeuf

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

The secret societies, under the influence of Blanqui and Barb�s, two revolutionaries who had revived the traditions of Babeuf, were not willing to wait for the complete education of the masses, necessarily a long process.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" by Various

Babeuf, Saint-Simon, Cabet, and Louis Blanc set forth new ideals of government, which were diametrically opposed to the practices of the French government in preceding centuries.

From History of Human Society by Blackmar, Frank W. (Frank Wilson)

Rather it harks back to the earlier conspiratory Socialism of Blanqui, with its traditions inherited from Robespierre and Babeuf.

From Bolshevism The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy by Spargo, John

May 11, 1796, was fixed for seizing on the government, and Babeuf had prepared his Proclamation of the socialistic millennium.

From The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 by Paine, Thomas

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various