Marat

[ ma-ra ]

/ maˈra /

noun

Jean Paul

[zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ pɔl/,1743–93, French politician and journalist: leader in the French Revolution; assassinated by Charlotte Corday d'Armont.

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Example sentences from the Web for marat

“This is the time to build a bridge to Putin, before the most talented people move out of Russia,” said curator Marat Gelman.
As Putin Wins Re-Election by Landslide, Both Sides Reluctantly Rally|Owen Matthews, Anna Nemtsova|March 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Marat's bust had been thrown into the gutter and the Jacobin clubs closed.
The Red City|S. Weir Mitchell
Then came the chiefs of the French revolution, Marat and Robespierre.
The Catholic World, Vol. X, October 1869|Various
That is little: they make me responsible for a writing of Marat, who points me out as a tribune by preaching blood and slaughter.
History of the Girondists, Volume I|Alphonse de Lamartine

While we were busied thus, Captain Marat had brought the schooner about and set her bow toward the west.
The Voodoo Gold Trail|Walter Walden
Even Marat called them "disastrous," and yet no one interfered.
The Theory of Social Revolutions|Brooks Adams

British Dictionary definitions for marat

Marat

/ (French mara) /

noun

Jean Paul (ʒɑ̃ pɔl). 1743–93, French revolutionary leader and journalist. He founded the radical newspaper L'Ami du peuple and was elected to the National Convention (1792). He was instrumental in overthrowing the Girondists (1793); he was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday

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