Barras

/ (French baras) /

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noun

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

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Words nearby Barras

barramundi, barranca, Barrancabermeja, Barranquilla, Barraquer's disease, Barras, barrator, barratry, Barrault, Barr body, barre

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How to use Barras in a sentence

Siyes desired a man who would overthrow the Directory and establish a dictatorship: Barras was coquetting with the Bourbons.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
Splendidly mendacious in these pages as he was in life, Barras posed always as the man on horseback of his "13 Vendmiaire."
The Stones of Paris in History and Letters, Volume I (of 2)|Benjamin Ellis Martin
I am writing Barras to help him to the Consulate of some Italian port.
Napoleon's Letters to Josephine|Henry Foljambe Hall
There is perhaps a veiled innuendo in Barras' letter of December 30th.
Napoleon's Letters to Josephine|Henry Foljambe Hall

Drouet had succeeded in making his escape, according to Barras, with the connivance of the Directory.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1|Various