Robespierre

English Proper noun en French The French Revolutionary leader Maximilien Robespierre, 1758–1794. Often used as a byword for a murderous demagogue or tyrant. en 1863 w:Edward Dicey Spectator of America http://books.google.com/books?id=QQixAAAAIAAJ 1971 Quadrangle 25 Why, Greeley wants to be blood-thirsty — he wants to be a little Robespierre. en 1922 October 2 Gonatas Not a Robespierre Boston Daily Globe http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/730155562.html?dids=730155562:730155562&FMT=ABS "I am not, as you have seen, a Robespierre, and I don't even want to be thought of as a military dictator," said Col Gonatas, leader of the revolutionary movement, 18 December 2008 https://archive.today/20130630050807/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/730155562.html?dids=730155562:730155562&FMT=ABS 30 June 2013 en 2007 Peter Heller The Whale Warriors http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1416532463 1416532463 64 During communications blackouts when Allison, who was the Robespierre of the ship, forbade all outside contacts, Taggart lurched out onto the aft deck, Derived terms en Robespierrean Robespierrism Robespierrist en eponyms French Pronunciation fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-Robespierre.wav <<France>> (<<Somain>>) Proper noun fr French