Marat

[ ma-ra ]

/ maˈra /

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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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Words nearby Marat

Maraş, marasca, maraschino, maraschino cherry, marasmus, Marat, Maratha, Maratha Confederacy, Marathi, marathon, Marathon, Battle of

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How to use Marat in a sentence

“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
Danton, Marat, and Robespierre were now in the ascendency, riding with resistless power upon the billows of mob violence.
Madame Roland, Makers of History|John S. C. Abbott
So let us pity the poor vial of prussic acid dashed down so suddenly, and by so noble a hand, whom mortals call Marat.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. VII, December 1850, Vol. II|Various
Marat was a still more compact concentration of that essence.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. VII, December 1850, Vol. II|Various

Mirabeau, with Carlyle, is a cracked angel; Marat, a lame and limping fiend.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. VII, December 1850, Vol. II|Various
These two lots do, indeed, join in their rear, but Marat has no association with either.
The Stones of Paris in History and Letters, Volume I (of 2)|Benjamin Ellis Martin

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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