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FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does French Revolution mean?
• FRENCH REVOLUTION (noun)
The noun FRENCH REVOLUTION has 1 sense:
1. the revolution in France against the Bourbons; 1789-1799
Familiarity information: FRENCH REVOLUTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The revolution in France against the Bourbons; 1789-1799
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Instance hypernyms:
revolution (the overthrow of a government by those who are governed)
Domain region:
France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)
Context examples
What did love have to do with Ruth's divergent views on art, right conduct, the French Revolution, or equal suffrage?
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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