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Mirabeau

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Mi·ra·beau  (mîr-b, m-rä-b), Comte de. Title of Honoré Gabriel Victor Riqueti. 1749-1791.
French revolutionist. As a member of the States-General (1789-1791) he attempted to create a constitutional monarchy.
Mirabeau (French) [mirabo]
n
(Biographies / Mirabeau, Comte de (1749-1791) M, French, POLITICS: revolutionary, POLITICS: politician) Comte de, title of Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti. 1749-91, French Revolutionary politician
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Noun1.MirabeauMirabeau - French revolutionary who was prominent in the early days of the French Revolution (1749-1791)
Comte de Mirabeau, Honore-Gabriel Victor Riqueti


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Deeds of violence, brutalities, contusions, fractures; this is the work of the revolutions from Luther to Mirabeau.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
It has been complained of our brilliant English historian of the French Revolution that when he has told all his facts about Mirabeau, they do not justify his estimate of his genius.
Essays, Second Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context
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
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