Brissot

/ briso /

noun

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

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

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

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

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

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

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