[rohbz-peer, -pee-air; Fr. raw-bes-pyer] 
| Max⋅i⋅mi⋅lien Fran⋅çois Ma⋅rie I⋅si⋅dore de [mak-see-mee-lyan frahn-swa ma-ree ee-zee-dawr duh] , 1758–94, French lawyer and revolutionary leader. |
| Robes·pierre (rōbz'pîr, -pē-âr', rô-běs-pyěr') French revolutionary. Leader of the Jacobins and architect of the Reign of Terror, he was known as an austere and incorruptible man. His laws permitting the confiscation of property and arrest of suspected traitors, many of whom were guillotined, led to his own arrest and execution without trial. |
A French political leader of the eighteenth century. Robespierre, a Jacobin, was one of the most radical leaders of the French Revolution. He was in charge of the government during the Reign of Terror, when thousands of persons were executed without trial. After a public reaction against his extreme policies, he was executed without trial.
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