Jean-Paul Marat
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9.3
- proper noun
- The revolutionary leader Jean-Paul Marat was born in Switzerland.
Examples
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Many painters have depicted Jean-Paul Marat at the moment of his death in the bath.
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The assassination of Jean-Paul Marat became a symbol of the French Revolution's turmoil.
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Jean-Paul Marat's radical writings inspired many revolutionaries throughout France.
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Did Jean-Paul Marat really believe in the principles of the Revolution?
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Jean-Paul Marat's radical writings inspired many revolutionaries throughout France.
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The assassination of Jean-Paul Marat became a symbol of the French Revolution's turmoil.
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The revolutionary leader Jean-Paul Marat was born in Switzerland.
Synonyms
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7.6
A French revolutionary leader who wrote a radical newspaper and was killed in his bath
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8.7
A leader in the French Revolution who was killed in his bath by Charlotte Corday
Surface Forms
Morphology
Jean-Paul + Marat
This is a proper name referring to a specific historical person; the identity and biographical information cannot be derived from the constituent name parts. Proper names are referential and require world knowledge or prior exposure, so a B1 learner who only knows the parts would not be able to infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Jean-Paul Marat was a French revolutionary leader and writer who was famously 'murdered' in his bath while working on his paper. That strong image, a man stabbed in a bathtub, helps people remember him and is why his name still reminds people of the violence and ideas of the French Revolution.