Toussaint L'Ouverture

[ French too-san loo-ver-tyr ]
/ French tuˈsɛ̃ lu vɛrˈtür /

noun

Fran·çois Do·mi·nique [frahn-swa dawmee-neek] /frɑ̃ˈswa dɔmiˈnik/,1743–1803, Haitian patriot and leader of the Haitian Revolution slave rebellion.

British Dictionary definitions for toussaint l'ouverture

Toussaint L'Ouverture
/ (French tusɛ̃ luvɛrtyr) /

noun

Pierre Dominique (pjɛr dɔminik). ?1743–1803, Haitian revolutionary leader. He was made governor of the island by the French Revolutionary government (1794) and expelled the Spanish and British but when Napoleon I proclaimed the re-establishment of slavery he was arrested. He died in prison in France