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Toussaint L'Ouverture

[ French too-sanloo-ver-tyr ]
/ French tuˈsɛ̃ lu vɛrˈtür /
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noun
Fran·çois Do·mi·nique [frahn-swadawmee-neek], /frɑ̃ˈswa dɔmiˈnik/, 1743–1803, Haitian patriot and leader of the Haitian Revolution slave rebellion.
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British Dictionary definitions for Toussaint L'Ouverture

Toussaint L'Ouverture
/ (French tusɛ̃ luvɛrtyr) /

noun
Pierre Dominique (pjɛr dɔminik). ?1743–1803, Haitian revolutionary leader. He was made governor of the island by the French Revolutionary government (1794) and expelled the Spanish and British but when Napoleon I proclaimed the re-establishment of slavery he was arrested. He died in prison in France
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