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Desmoulins

[ de-moo-lan ]

noun

  1. (Lu·cie Sim·plice) Ca·mille (Be·noit) [l, y, -, see, sa, n, -, plees, k, a, -, mee, -y, uh, b, uh, -, nwa], 1760–94, journalist, pamphleteer, and leader in the French Revolution.


Desmoulins

/ dɛmulɛ̃ /

noun

  1. Desmoulins(Lucie Simplice) Camille17601794MFrenchPOLITICS: revolutionary leaderWRITING: pamphleteerPOLITICS: orator ( Lucie Simplice ) Camille ( Benoît ) (kamij). 1760–94, French revolutionary leader, pamphleteer, and orator


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In the entresol below lived Camille Desmoulins and his wife in 1792.

Both the wild and the tame reindeer, says Desmoulins, change their feeding-grounds with the seasons.

Sad down-come to the hopes of old Desmoulins, who had not the slightest desire to turn the world upside down.

Danton, Camille Desmoulins, Eglantine and their humane fellows, were sent to the guillotine.

Mrs. Desmoulins, who still lived, was herself so very ill, that she could contribute very little to his relief.

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