单词 | september massacres |
释义 | > as lemmasSeptember massacres September massacres n. now historical a mass killing of political prisoners that took place in Paris on 2–6 September 1792. ΚΠ 1794 Hist. Robespierre 66 Bazire..made a report from the Committee of Public Safety, in order to exculpate his leader from the odium of the September massacres. a1807 W. Wordsworth Prelude (1959) x. 370 I thought of those September Massacres, Divided from me by a little month. 1905 Baroness Orczy Scarlet Pimpernel xi. 109 The news of the awful September massacres, and of the Reign of Terror and Anarchy. 1976 Listener 23 Dec. 817/1 There began to seem a fatal unsteadiness in the Revolution... There had been the atrocity of the September massacres. 2007 Arkansas Democrat-Gaz. (Nexis) 14 Aug. Jean Paul Marat..one of the architects of the September Massacres in which half the prison population of Paris, including women and children, were executed. < as lemmas |
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