Robespierre
Max·i·mi·lien Fran·çois Ma·rie I·si·dore de [mak-see-mee-lyanfrahn-swama-reeee-zee-dawrduh], /mak si miˈlyɛ̃ frɑ̃ˈswa maˈri i ziˈdɔr də/, 1758–94, French lawyer and revolutionary leader.
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Robespierre’s death led to rejoicing among many, especially those filling the crowded prisons of Paris.
The French Revolution offers a critical lesson as the U.S. returns to normal | Christine Adams | May 7, 2021 | Washington PostFearful for their own lives, some members of the legislature, labeled “Thermidorians,” put aside their own differences to take Robespierre down.
The French Revolution offers a critical lesson as the U.S. returns to normal | Christine Adams | May 7, 2021 | Washington PostRobespierre’s fellow revolutionaries and previous collaborators turned on him amid indications that he was planning to attack them as traitors.
The French Revolution offers a critical lesson as the U.S. returns to normal | Christine Adams | May 7, 2021 | Washington Post“This is like Robespierre,” a House GOP member told The Daily Beast.
Republicans Panicked After Eric Cantor Loss: ‘This Is Like Robespierre’ | Ben Jacobs, Tim Mak | June 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIf the rest of us have had trouble catching up to Robespierre and crew, well, we are starting from a bit of a handicap.
Why Deny the Obvious: Hollywood’s Backward Stance on Abortion | Teo Bugbee | June 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Robespierre and star Jenny Slate have made a movie about a woman, not an abortion.
Why Deny the Obvious: Hollywood’s Backward Stance on Abortion | Teo Bugbee | June 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe film begins with her on stage, with a joke that Robespierre wrote about feminine discharge.
Jenny Slate’s Earnest and Funny Abortion Film ‘Obvious Child’ | Caryn James | June 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe bloody effervescence of the Bastille gave way to Robespierre and then Napoleon; Stalin crushed Trotsky.
Robespierre, at such times silent and thoughtful, was ever bending over her chair.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. AbbottRobespierre and Danton had now broken off all intimacy with Madame Roland and her friends.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. AbbottIt required peculiar boldness, at that hour, to accuse Robespierre and Danton of crime.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. AbbottDanton, 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. AbbottHe attacked the usurpations of Robespierre and the machinations of the Jacobins, by which he fell.
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British Dictionary definitions for Robespierre
/ (ˈrəʊbzpjɛə, French rɔbzpjɛr) /
Maximilien François Marie Isidore de . (maksimiljɛ̃ frɑ̃swa mari izidɔr də). 1758–94, French revolutionary and Jacobin leader: established the Reign of Terror as a member of the Committee of Public Safety (1793–94): executed in the coup d'état of Thermidor (1794)
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Cultural definitions for Robespierre
[ (rohbz-pee-air, rohbz-peer, roh-bes-pyair) ]
A French political leader of the eighteenth century. Robespierre, a Jacobin, was one of the most radical leaders of the French Revolution. He was in charge of the government during the Reign of Terror, when thousands of persons were executed without trial. After a public reaction against his extreme policies, he was executed without trial.
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