Brissot

/ briso /

noun

1. Jacques-Pierre (ʒakpjɛr). 1754–93, French journalist and revolutionary; leader of the Girondists: executed by the Jacobins

Example Sentences

The French revolutionary Jacques Pierre Brissot de Warville gathered stories about him almost three decades after his death, during a visit to the United States in 1788.

From Salon

Brissot wrote that Lay was “simple in his dress and animated in his speech; he was all on fire when he spoke on slavery.”

From Salon

Brissot de Warville, whose caustic pen was already in full exercise, published a bitter review of the book.

From Project Gutenberg

He then visited Paris, where he became intimate with Brissot, through whose agency, and without his knowledge, he was subsequently made a citizen of the French Republic, and elected a member of the second National Assembly.

From Project Gutenberg

They had behind them the revolutionary Commune, the Sections and the National Guard of Paris, and they had gained control of the Jacobin club, where Brissot, absorbed in departmental work, had been superseded by Robespierre.

From Project Gutenberg