Marat

(rȧ)

Marat, Jean Paul 1743-93; Fr. Revolutionary leader, born in Switzerland: assassinated by Charlotte Corday

See Marat in American Heritage Dictionary 4

Swiss-born French revolutionary who founded (1789) L'Ami du peuple, which supported the French Revolution. He was elected to the National Convention in 1792 but was assassinated in the following year by a Girondist.
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