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Definition of Mirabeau
1. Noun. French revolutionary who was prominent in the early days of the French Revolution (1749-1791).
Generic synonyms: Revolutionary, Revolutionist, Subversive, Subverter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mirabeau
Literary usage of Mirabeau
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"See also Etienne Dumont, Souvenirs sur Mirabeau (1832), a work which has been
... The publication oí the Correspondance entre Mirabeau et le comte de la ..."
2. The American Historical Review by American Historical Association (1903)
"Mirabeau left home in disgrace. Referring to his departure, the marquis wrote
his son in ... In May, 1770, when Mirabeau was with his uncle in Provence, ..."
3. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"They encouraged Mirabeau to concert measures with La Fayette ; and La Fayette,
... In a plan for a new Ministry, which Mirabeau submitted to La Fayette, ..."
4. Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology by Joseph Thomas (1901)
"On parting with Dumont, who left París at the date just named, Mirabeau said,
... Mirabeau had given development and outward form to the French Revolution ..."
5. The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle (1871)
"She is the only man,' as Mirabeau observes, ' whom his Ma- ' jesty has about him.'
Of one other man Mirabeau is still surer : of himself. ..."
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