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Barras

/ baras /

noun

  1. BarrasPaul François Jean Nicolas, Vicomte de Barras17551829MFrenchPOLITICS: revolutionary Paul François Jean Nicolas , Vicomte de Barras. 1755–1829, French revolutionary: member of the Directory (1795–99)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Siyes desired a man who would overthrow the Directory and establish a dictatorship: Barras was coquetting with the Bourbons.

Splendidly mendacious in these pages as he was in life, Barras posed always as the man on horseback of his "13 Vendmiaire."

I am writing Barras to help him to the Consulate of some Italian port.

There is perhaps a veiled innuendo in Barras' letter of December 30th.

Drouet had succeeded in making his escape, according to Barras, with the connivance of the Directory.

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