Saint-Just
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Saint-Just
(săN-zho͞ost′, -zhüst′), Louis Antoine Léon de 1767-1794. French revolutionary and Jacobin who was active during the Reign of Terror. He was executed without trial in 1794, along with his colleague Maximilien Robespierre.
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Saint-Just
(French sɛ̃ʒyst)n
(Biography) Louis Antoine Léon de (lwi ɑ̃twan leɔ̃ də). 1767–94, French Revolutionary leader and orator. A member of the Committee of Public Safety (1793–94), he was guillotined with Robespierre
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Saint-Just
(sɛ̃ˈʒüst)n.
Louis Antoine Léon de, 1767–94, French revolutionist.
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