Robespierre
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9.8
- proper noun
- /roʊbɛspjɛr/
- And the public perception of the guillotine is lawless passion, led by Robespierre.
- Maximilien Robespierre
- the fall of Robespierre
- de Robespierre
Examples
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Louis-Lopold Boilly's Portrait of Maximilien de Robespierre (Fig. 15) reworks both the sympathetic and emblematic significance of dogs in male portraits.
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It has become increasingly clear, Citizen Robespierre, that your motivations are to use this blade to your ultimate power!
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And he and Robespierre were the sort of main men of of the Committee of Public Safety.
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We all remember what happened to Robespierre, Danton and Marat.
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Even this kind of pathos had become politicized after the fall of Robespierre.
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Numerous prison-themed portraits and genre scenes were produced during the Terror, or retrospectively after the fall of Robespierre.
Academic text (2011) -
Maximilien Robespierre, Oeuvres de Maximilien Robespierre, 11 vols.
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Although all guillotine executions took place at the Place du Greve after Robespierre's fall, the site of decapitation was frequently displaced before this time.
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Robespierre's gaze is entirely disconnected from the begging animal, which is miniaturized to the point that it looks grotesque.
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After the fall of the monarchy, Maximilian Robespierre rose to become a leading figure in the French Revolution.
Synonyms
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9.3
A leader during the French Revolution who led the Reign of Terror and was executed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Robespierre is a French family name made from two common names, Robert and Pierre, with Pierre meaning 'stone', like the name Peter. A helpful way to remember it is to think 'Robert + stone', and so Robespierre is simply the surname of the famous French revolutionary leader.