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Noun: Georges Jacques Danton
  1. French revolutionary leader who stormed the Paris bastille and who supported the execution of Louis XVI but was guillotined by Robespierre for his opposition to the Reign of Terror (1759-1794)
    - Georges Danton, Danton

Type of: revolutionary, revolutionist, subversive, subverter

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