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Danton

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Dan·ton  (dä-tô), Georges Jacques 1759-1794.
French Revolutionary leader who took part in the storming of the Bastille (1789) and supported the execution of Louis XVI (1793) but was guillotined the following year for his opposition to the excesses of the Reign of Terror.
Danton [ˈdæntən (French) dɑ̃tɔ̃]
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(Biographies / Danton, Georges Jacques (1759-1794) M, French, POLITICS: revolutionary leader, POLITICS: statesman) Georges Jacques (ʒɔrʒ ʒɑk). 1759-94, French revolutionary leader: a founder member of the Committee of Public Safety (1793) and minister of justice (1792-94). He was overthrown by Robespierre and guillotined
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Noun1.DantonDanton - French revolutionary leader who stormed the Paris bastille and who supported the execution of Louis XVI but was guillotined by Robespierre for his opposition to the Reign of Terror (1759-1794)
Georges Jacques Danton


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There comes a Mirabeau or a Danton, a Robespierre or a Napoleon, or proconsuls, or an emperor, and there is an end of deliberations and debates.
The Country Doctor by de Balzac, Honore View in context
Evans Pott was his name, and even the great Boss of Vermissa felt towards him something of the repulsion and fear which the huge Danton may have felt for the puny but dangerous Robespierre.
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