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September Massacre

American  

noun

  1. (in the French Revolution) the massacre of royalists and other inmates of the prisons of Paris, September 2–6, 1792.

September Massacre British  

noun

  1. (during the French Revolution) the massacre of royalist prisoners and others in Paris between Sept 2 and 6, 1792

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Anarchy, September Massacre: it is a thing that lies hideous in the general imagination; very detestable to the undecided Patriot, of Respectability: a thing to be harped on as often as need is.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

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