Deak

/ ˈdɛɑːk /

noun

1. DeakFerenc18031876MHungarianPOLITICS: statesman Ferenc (ˈferents). 1803–76, Hungarian statesman: minister of justice following the 1848 Hungarian uprising. The Austro-Hungarian dual monarchy was largely his creation

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Deak's spirit, in the person of Andrassy, recovered the possession of power.

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Deak demanded the extension to the peasant of the right of buying land, and better security for person and property.

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He was a few years older than Francis Deak, and, like him, was trained as a lawyer.

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But the Magyar cry of alarm at the demands of the Slavs was now echoed by a fiercer voice than that of Deak.

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He and Francis Deak were the leaders of the revolution of 1848 which resulted in the constitution of that year.

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