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Ma·rat

(mə-rä′, mä-), Jean Paul 1743-1793.

Swiss-born French revolutionary and scientist who founded (1789) the newspaper L'Ami du peuple, which supported the French Revolution. A radical Jacobin, he was assassinated in 1793 by a Girondist, Charlotte Corday.

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Marat

(French mara)

(Biography) Jean Paul (ʒɑ̃ pɔl). 1743–93, French revolutionary leader and journalist. He founded the radical newspaper L'Ami du peuple and was elected to the National Convention (1792). He was instrumental in overthrowing the Girondists (1793); he was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday

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Ma•rat

(maˈra)

n.

Jean Paul (ʒɑ̃) 1743–93, French Revolutionary leader, born in Switzerland.

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Marat - French revolutionary leader (born in Switzerland) who was a leader in overthrowing the Girondists and was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday (1743-1793)

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I said so even at the time when everybody was in raptures about him, when he had just returned from abroad, and when, if you remember, he posed as a sort of Marat at one of my soirees.

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Ambitious student theater performances from FEU, UP, Ateneo

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Kazakh president signs decree on new appointments

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Katara hosts Almaty symphony orchestra concert

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23 die as syrian hospitals are hit

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