danton

1. 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)

   SynonymsGeorges Jacques Danton

   Broaderrevolutionist

Other forms of danton

plural

dantons·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about danton

What does danton mean?

danton means "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)".

How many syllables are in danton?

danton has 2 syllables: dan-ton. The stress falls on "dan". In IPA it is /ˈdæntən/.

What is another word for danton?

Close synonyms include Georges Jacques Danton. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is danton a common word?

danton is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.