Brissot

/ briso /

noun

BrissotJacques-Pierre17541793MFrenchWRITING: journalistPOLITICS: revolutionary Jacques-Pierre (ʒakpjɛr). 1754–93, French journalist and revolutionary; leader of the Girondists: executed by the Jacobins

It was also Brissot who gave these wars the character of revolutionary propaganda.

From the first, Brissot threw himself heart and soul into the Revolution.

Brissot received a good education and entered the office of a lawyer at Paris.

With Brissot's return from a visit to America in 1788, the society went seriously to work.

Unlike the generality of his friends, Brissot did not dwell on the vices and corruptions of the nobles.

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