Guizot
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Gui·zot
(gē-zō′), François Pierre Guillaume 1787-1874. French historian and politician who advocated a constitutional monarchy, served as prime minister (1847-1848), and published several historical works.
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Guizot
(French ɡizo)n
(Biography) François Pierre Guillaume (frɑ̃swa pjɛr ɡijom). 1787–1874, French statesman and historian. As chief minister (1840–48), his reactionary policies contributed to the outbreak of the revolution of 1848
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