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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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