Jaurès
Jean Lé·on [zhahnley-awn], /ʒɑ̃ leɪˈɔ̃/, 1859–1914, French socialist and writer.
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Within a month Jaures was shot and Socialists the world over became blood-blinded.
The Sequel | George A. TaylorJaures had just been shot, the syndicalists were wrecking German milk shops, and at night the streets had noisy mobs.
Golden Lads | Arthur Gleason and Helen Hayes GleasonThe Russian, who was well up in advanced politics, was just explaining the plans advanced by Jaures.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | Vicente Blasco IbanezThe slayer of Jaures was recklessly acquitted: the would-be slayer of M. Clemenceau was carefully found guilty.
Heartbreak House | George Bernard ShawThe greatest Socialist statesman in Europe, Jaures, was shot and killed by a gentleman who resented his efforts to avert the war.
Heartbreak House | George Bernard Shaw
British Dictionary definitions for Jaurès
/ (French ʒɔrɛs) /
Jean Léon (ʒɑ̃ leɔ̃). 1859–1914, French politician and writer, who founded the socialist paper l'Humanité (1904), and united the French socialist movement into a single party (1905); assassinated
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