Fouquier-Tinville

American  

[foo-kyey-tan-veel] / fu kyeɪ tɛ̃ˈvil /

noun

1. Antoine Quentin 1747?–95, French revolutionist: prosecutor during the Reign of Terror.

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Fouquier-Tinville British  

/ fukjetɛ̃vil /

noun

1. Antoine Quentin (ɑ̃twan kɑ̃tɛ̃). 1746–95, French revolutionary; as public prosecutor (1793–94) during the Reign of Terror, he sanctioned the guillotining of Desmoulins, Danton, and Robespierre

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Example Sentences

A visitor, tall, well-dressed, exceedingly polite and urbane, requested a few minutes' conversation with citizen Fouquier-Tinville.

From The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

He brought about the accusation of Fouquier-Tinville, and of J. B. Carrier, the deportation of B. Bar�re, and the arrest of the last Montagnards.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various

But Sénécal, assuming the attitude of a Fouquier-Tinville, began to ask questions as to his Christian name and surname, his antecedents, life, and morals.

From Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man by Flaubert, Gustave

Fouquier-Tinville afterward attained to a sombre fame in this position.

From The Theory of Social Revolutions by Adams, Brooks

Fouquier-Tinville, half expecting citizen Chauvelin to pay him a final visit, shuffled to the door and opened it.

From The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness