Mirabeau

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

/ ˈmɪr əˌboʊ; French mi raˈboʊ /

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noun

Ho·no·ré Ga·bri·el Vic·tor Ri·que·ti

[aw-naw-reyga-bree-elveek-tawrreekuh-tee], /ɔ nɔˈreɪ ga briˈɛl vikˈtɔr rikəˈti/, Count de, 1749–91, French Revolutionary statesman and orator.

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Words nearby Mirabeau

MIPS, miquelet, Miquelon, mir, Mira, Mirabeau, Mirabel, mirabelle, mirabile dictu, mirabilia, mirabilite

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How to use Mirabeau in a sentence

It is the spirit that inspired the sweet Troubadours, and set the voice of Mirabeau thundering like the mistral.
Frdric Mistral|Charles Alfred Downer
With Mirabeau as its master spirit, it had done much, some evil, but a great deal that was good.
The Light That Lures|Percy Brebner
Was it Mirabeau, Mr. President, or some other master of the human passions, who has told us that words are things?
Select Speeches of Daniel Webster|Daniel Webster
This phrase of Mirabeau's, though a whit rhetorical, is historically true.
The Two Great Republics: Rome and the United States|James Hamilton Lewis

This is identical with Mirabeau's principle of the multiplying of rats in a barn.
The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3)|Leslie Stephen

British Dictionary definitions for Mirabeau

Mirabeau

/ (French mirabo) /

noun

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

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