Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The period (1793-1794) of the French Revolution during which thousands of people were executed.
- n. A period of brutal suppression or intimidation by those in power.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (French Hist.) See in Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
WordNet 3.0
- n. any period of brutal suppression thought to resemble the Reign of Terror in France
- n. the historic period (1793-94) during the French Revolution when thousands were executed
Examples
“a soft little voice asked him suddenly, and he looked up to see the very reason why he had so wished to be in the drawing room — Jeanne Morisette, daughter of the Comte de Levisse, a royalist emigre who had fled from France during the Reign of Terror and lived in England ever since.”
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