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nouna member of the radical movement that instituted the Reign of Terror during the French Revolutiontype of:
Definition that contains jacobin
- robespierre French revolutionary; leader of the Jacobins and architect of the Reign of Terror; was himself executed in a coup d'etat (1758-1794)
- girondin a member of the moderate republican party that was in power during the French Revolution; the Girondists were overthrown by their more radical rivals the Jacobins
- jacobinic of or relating to the Jacobins of the French Revolution
- girondist a member of the moderate republican party that was in power during the French Revolution; the Girondists were overthrown by their more radical rivals the Jacobins
- jacobinical of or relating to the Jacobins of the French Revolution
- maxmillien marie isidore de robespierre French revolutionary; leader of the Jacobins and architect of the Reign of Terror; was himself executed in a coup d'etat (1758-1794)