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Barnave

/ barnav /

noun

  1. BarnaveAntoine Pierre17611793MFrenchPOLITICS: revolutionary 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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With the one exception of Mirabeau, Barnave was the most powerful orator of the Assembly.

Two men, more eminent than Barnave, show it still more clearly.

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

Let us not flinch from condemning without respite or remission, not only Marat and Carrier, but also Barnave.

He was gratified to know that Barnave had called, and liked to hear how much feeling was shown by the people of Paris.

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