Saint-Just

American  

[san-zhyst] / sɛ̃ˈʒüst /

noun

1. Louis Antoine Léon de 1767–94, French revolutionist.

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Saint-Just British  

/ sɛ̃ʒyst /

noun

1. Louis Antoine Léon de (lwi ɑ̃twan leɔ̃ də). 1767–94, French Revolutionary leader and orator. A member of the Committee of Public Safety (1793–94), he was guillotined with Robespierre

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Example Sentences

Guillaume Gallienne makes a suitably scary Saint-Just, and Gaël Kamilindi is a highlight in the role of Desmoulins, here a youthful dreamer whose life is cut short alongside Danton’s.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2023

Mr. Saint-Just, in his written answer, said that Aviazapchast’s “holding of the loan has been entirely approved by the court of appeal in Moscow.”

From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2022

Also to admire is how Alec Newman's Saint-Just emerges as the real agent of the Terror.

From The Guardian • Jul. 23, 2010

Revolutionary Louis de Saint-Just made the bizarre proposal that decorations awarded to those wounded in the revolutionary struggle be affixed to the exact area of the wound.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fréteau de Saint-Just, one of the Bar, cried: 'What a triumph for Liberal ideas!

From Historical Mysteries by Lang, Andrew