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Robespierre

1. A surname from French
   1. The French Revolutionary leader Maximilien Robespierre, 1758–1794. Often used as a byword for a murderous demagogue or tyrant.
      • 1863, Edward Dicey, Spectator of America‎, Quadrangle, published 1971, page 25:

        Why, Greeley wants to be blood-thirsty — he wants to be a little Robespierre.

      • 1922 October 2, “Gonatas Not a Robespierre”, in Boston Daily Globe‎, archived from the original on 30 June 2013:

        "I am not, as you have seen, a Robespierre, and I don't even want to be thought of as a military dictator," said Col Gonatas, leader of the revolutionary movement, […]

      • 2007, Peter Heller, The Whale Warriors‎, →ISBN, page 64:

        During communications blackouts when Allison, who was the Robespierre of the ship, forbade all outside contacts, Taggart lurched out onto the aft deck, […]