Fouquier-Tinville

[ foo-kyey-tan-veel ]

/ fu kyeɪ tɛ̃ˈvil /

noun

An·toine Quen·tin

[ahn-twan kahn-tan] /ɑ̃ˈtwan kɑ̃ˈtɛ̃/,1747?–95, French revolutionist: prosecutor during the Reign of Terror.

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Fouquier-Tinville came next, and his trial did as much harm to his party in the spring as that of Carrier in the preceding autumn.

Lectures on the French Revolution |John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
Fouquier-Tinville afterward attained to a sombre fame in this position.

The Theory of Social Revolutions |Brooks Adams
Fouquier-Tinville's questions had been "brutal;" offended female honour flung them back on him with scorn, not without tears.

Women of History |Anonymous
Weigh all this, and say whether Fouquier-Tinville did anything worse.

The Works of Honor de Balzac |Honor de Balzac

Fouquier-Tinville's questions had been 'brutal;' offended female honour flung them back on him, with scorn, not without tears.

The French Revolution |Thomas Carlyle

British Dictionary definitions for fouquier-tinville

Fouquier-Tinville

/ (French fukjetɛ̃vil) /

noun

Antoine Quentin (ɑ̃twan kɑ̃tɛ̃). 1746–95, French revolutionary; as public prosecutor (1793–94) during the Reign of Terror, he sanctioned the guillotining of Desmoulins, Danton, and Robespierre

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