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Barnave

British  
/ barnav /

noun

  1. Antoine Pierre . 1761–93, French revolutionary. A prominent member of the National Assembly, he was executed for his royalist sympathies

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Long before Barnave expiated his sin upon the scaffold he felt and acknowledged its enormity.

From Lectures on the French Revolution by John Neville Figgis

The queen shed tears as she extended her hand to him, and often afterwards spoke of Barnave with regard.

From The Peasant and the Prince by Joseph Martin Kronheim

The Left or Constitutionals, known afterwards as the Feuillants, among whom Barnave and Charles and Alexander Lameth were conspicuous, also wished to preserve monarchy but disdained English precedent.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various

Barnave’s companion, Pétion, disgusted them all; including Barnave.

From The Peasant and the Prince by Joseph Martin Kronheim

Louis and his family were conveyed back to Paris by Barnave and Petion, the committee-men whom the Assembly had despatched on that errand.

From The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution by Eug?ne Sue

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