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Dantonist|ˈdæntənɪst| [f. the name of Danton + -ist.] A follower of Georges Jacques Danton (1759–94), one of the leaders in the French revolution. So Dantoˈnesque a., resembling the style of Danton.
1849Thackeray Pendennis I. xix. 179 He avowed himself a Dantonist, and asserted that Louis the Sixteenth was served right. 1879Encycl. Brit. IX. 606/2 Two parties..the Exagérés, or Hebertists..and the Modérés, the Dantonists. 1899A. H. Beesly Danton 316 The indictment against the Dantonists. 1901Daily Chron. 31 Dec. 3/1 He who had corrected the proofs of the Dantonist appeal for mercy. 1924Contemp. Rev. Apr. 420 He can cut a knot with a phrase of Dantonesque audacity. 1928Sunday Express 10 June 10/5 Camille Desmoulins was one of..the Dantonists. |