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Definition of Marat
1. Noun. French revolutionary leader (born in Switzerland) who was a leader in overthrowing the Girondists and was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday (1743-1793).
Generic synonyms: Revolutionary, Revolutionist, Subversive, Subverter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marat
Literary usage of Marat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Marat, who had lived in England, had seen that England was at this time ...
The life of Marat now becomes part of the history of the French Revolution. ..."
2. The History of the French Revolution by Adolphe Thiers, Frederic Shoberl (1866)
"The tribunes had supported this justification of Marat by their applause.
The society, however, had resolved to issue an address, in which, describing the ..."
3. Orations from Homer to William McKinley by Mayo Williamson Hazeltine (1902)
"Marat JEAN PAUL Marat, one of the most extreme of the leaders of the U French
... In 1790 Marat wa« forced to fly to London, but returned to Paris in a few ..."
4. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1904)
"The assassination of Marat [1793 " patriots " — a direct enticement to ...
On July 13 Paris was startled by the intelligence of the assassination of Marat. ..."
5. History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution in 1789 to by Archibald Alison (1853)
"Citizens ! cast your flowers on the pale body of Marat. ... Posterity has reversed
the sentence: it has consigned Marat to eternal execration, ..."
6. The History of France by EYRE EVANS. CROWE (1866)
"baroux, who eloquently depicted the tyranny of Robespierre and Marat, ...
The house inhabited by Marat still stands in the Rue de 1'Ecole de Medecine, ..."
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