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Louis Philippe

American  

noun

  1. Citizen King, 1773–1850, king of France 1830–48.


Louis Philippe British  
/ filip /

noun

  1. known as the Citizen King. 1773–1850, king of the French (1830–48). His régime became excessively identified with the bourgeoisie and he was forced to abdicate by the revolution of 1848

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Mr. Fureix said that the government had been “trapped” by the casserolades, just like Louis Philippe I in his time.

From New York Times • May 22, 2023

It was . . . impressive enough, which is almost exactly the same reaction that Louis Philippe, a future king of France, had while visiting in the late 18th century.

From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2021

When cholera struck Paris in 1832 — in an epidemic that eventually killed nearly 19,000 Parisians — a conspiracy theory spread that the unpopular government under King Louis Philippe was poisoning wells with arsenic.

From Nature • Oct. 14, 2019

Standing in the drizzle on the Louis Philippe bridge near Paris’s city hall, Wendy said: “It’s really something. We didn’t expect flooding on the Seine.”

From The Guardian • Jun. 3, 2016

The Duke of Orleans was afterwards elected to the French throne as Louis Philippe, King of the French, and eventually died in exile in England.

From History of Halifax City by Akins, Thomas B.

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