Saint-Just
Americannoun
noun
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Wallerand de Saint-Just, a former National Front treasurer, was given a one-year jail term under an electronic tag.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
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
These are undoubtedly meaty roles, and other important historical figures make appearances, including Louis Antoine de Saint-Just and Camille Desmoulins.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
Also to admire is how Alec Newman's Saint-Just emerges as the real agent of the Terror.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 23, 2010
Saint-Just, looking at a table of the Rights of Man hanging in the hall, said, "It is I, however, who have done that."
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 by Various
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