Jean Paul Marat
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- proper noun
- Charlotte Corday famously assassinated Jean Paul Marat while he was taking a medicinal bath.
Examples
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Jean Paul Marat was a central figure in the radical phase of the French Revolution.
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Historians debate the legacy and influence of Jean Paul Marat on revolutionary politics.
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Jean Paul Marat was a revolutionary leader.
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The revolutionary leader Jean Paul Marat was known for his radical ideas.
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Jean Paul Marat was a central figure in the radical phase of the French Revolution.
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Charlotte Corday famously assassinated Jean Paul Marat while he was taking a medicinal bath.
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Historians debate the legacy and influence of Jean Paul Marat on revolutionary politics.
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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A French revolutionary leader in the late 1700s who was killed in his bath
Surface Forms
Morphology
Jean + Paul + Marat
This is a proper name referring to a specific historical individual; knowing the constituent given names 'Jean' and 'Paul' and the surname 'Marat' does not allow a B1 learner to infer the biographical meaning (French revolutionary leader, assassination, etc.). Proper names are referential rather than compositional, so the MWE's semantic content is not derivable from its parts.
Etymology
Jean Paul Marat was a French 'revolutionary leader' and fiery newspaper writer who, because of a painful skin illness, often worked from a bath. He was killed in that bath by Charlotte Corday, and the strong picture of Marat in his bath is why people still remember him as a radical and a famous victim.