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Dan⋅ton

  [dan-tn; Fr. dahn-tawn]
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–noun
Georges Jacques  [zhawrzh zhahk] , 1759–94, French Revolutionary leader.
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Dan·ton   (däɴ-tôɴ')   
French Revolutionary leader who took part in the storming of the Bastille (1789) and supported the execution of Louis XVI (1793) but was guillotined the following year for his opposition to the excesses of the Reign of Terror.
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