Brissot

/ (French briso) /

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noun

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

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Words nearby Brissot

brisken, brisket, briskly, brisling, Brisso, Brissot, bristle, bristlebird, bristlecone pine, bristle-grass, bristlemouth

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How to use Brissot in a sentence

It was also Brissot who gave these wars the character of revolutionary propaganda.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various
From the first, Brissot threw himself heart and soul into the Revolution.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various
Brissot received a good education and entered the office of a lawyer at Paris.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various
With Brissot's return from a visit to America in 1788, the society went seriously to work.
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922|Various

Unlike the generality of his friends, Brissot did not dwell on the vices and corruptions of the nobles.
Gerald Fitzgerald|Charles James Lever