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
Fouquier-Tinville in American English
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Antoine Quentin (ɑ̃ːˈtwan kɑ̃ːˈtæ̃) 1747?–95, French revolutionist: prosecutor during the Reign of Terror