Barras

/ baras /

noun

1. BarrasPaul François Jean Nicolas, Vicomte de Barras17551829MFrenchPOLITICS: revolutionary Paul François Jean Nicolas , Vicomte de Barras. 1755–1829, French revolutionary: member of the Directory (1795–99)

Example Sentences

Siyes desired a man who would overthrow the Directory and establish a dictatorship: Barras was coquetting with the Bourbons.

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Splendidly mendacious in these pages as he was in life, Barras posed always as the man on horseback of his "13 Vendmiaire."

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I am writing Barras to help him to the Consulate of some Italian port.

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There is perhaps a veiled innuendo in Barras' letter of December 30th.

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Drouet had succeeded in making his escape, according to Barras, with the connivance of the Directory.

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