Mirabeau

[mir-uh-boh; French mee-ra-boh]

noun

Ho·no·ré Ga·bri·el Vic·tor Ri·que·ti [aw-naw-rey ga-bree-el veek-tawr reekuh-tee] /ɔ nɔˈreɪ ga briˈɛl vikˈtɔr rikəˈti/, Count de,1749–91, French Revolutionary statesman and orator.

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Historical Examples of mirabeau

Much has been said respecting the cause of Mirabeau's death.
Memoirs Of The Court Of Marie Antoinette, Queen Of France, Complete
Madame Campan
For a moment the massive form of Mirabeau brought up alongside of him.
Scaramouche
Rafael Sabatini
“Words are things,” says Mirabeau; and, to the poet, they are things of potency.
The Emigrant
Frederick William Thomas
It is right that the infamy of Mirabeau should be as eternal as his greatness.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850.
Various
His firm conviction was that Mirabeau not only could, but would have saved the monarchy.
Gerald Fitzgerald
Charles James Lever

British Dictionary definitions for mirabeau

Mirabeau

noun

Comte de, title of Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti. 1749–91, French Revolutionary politician

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