Guizot

American  

[gee-zoh] / giˈzoʊ /

noun

1. François Pierre Guillaume 1787–1874, French historian and statesman.

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Guizot British  

/ ɡizo /

noun

1. François Pierre Guillaume (frɑ̃swa pjɛr ɡijom). 1787–1874, French statesman and historian. As chief minister (1840–48), his reactionary policies contributed to the outbreak of the revolution of 1848

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Guizot

Prime Minister Guizot himself subscribed to the Opposition newspaper that ran The Three Musketeers, sending in his subscription with the note: "Please cancel . . . the moment the Dumas serial is concluded."

From Time Magazine Archive

M. Guizot, what would he not give to be Chien de Race?

From The Great House by Stanley John Weyman

There was the same favourable consensus of critical opinion regarding Philip II., and it received the honour of a notice from the pen of M. Guizot in the Edinburgh Review.

From William Hickling Prescott by Harry Thurston Peck

Guizot was received with marked distinction by the queen and by the society of London.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

Thiers failed in his assaults on the ministry; Molé reigned, then Guizot; and the brilliant Thiers was reduced to the position of a simple deputy on the seats of the opposition.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. by Various

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