GUILLOTIN

Meaning of GUILLOTIN in English

Doctor, a French inventor of a popular method of decapitation, who had such confidence in his invention that he was the first to give it a practical demonstration.

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GUILLOTIN — Guillotin, Joseph Ignace npr [1738-1814; French physician]
Interlingua English vocab
JOSEPH-IGNACE GUILLOTIN — Гильотен, Жозеф Игнас
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
GUILLOTINE — noun Etymology: French, from Joseph Guillotin died 1814 French physician Date: 1793 a machine for beheading by means of a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GUILLOTINE — Instrument for inflicting capital punishment by decapitation. A minimal wooden structure, it supported a heavy blade that, when released, slid …
Английский словарь Британика
GUILLOTINE — I. ˈgiləˌtēn, ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷; ˌgē(y)əˈtēn, ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, after Joseph Ignace Guillotin died 1814 French physician who …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GUILLOTINE — /gil"euh teen', gee"euh-/ ; esp. for v. /gil'euh teen", gee'euh-/ , n. , v. , guillotined, guillotining . n. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GUILLOTINE — noun Etymology: French, from Joseph Guillotin died 1814 French physician Date: 1793 1. : a machine for beheading by means …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GUILLOTINE — [ 'gɪləti:n , ˌgɪlə'ti:n ] ■ noun 1》 a machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for …
Concise Oxford English vocab
GUILLOTINE — [guil.lo.tine] n [F, fr. Joseph Guillotin d. 1814 Fr. physician] (1793) 1: a machine for beheading by means of a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GUILLOTINE — instrument for inflicting capital punishment by decapitation, introduced into France in 1792 during the Revolution. It consists of two upright …
Britannica English vocabulary
GUILLOTINE — guillotin|e BrE AmE ˈɡɪl ə tiːn ˈɡiː-, -jə-, ˌ••ˈ• ▷ guillotin|ed d ▷ guillotin|es z ▷ guillotin|ing ɪŋ
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GUILLOTINE — / ˈgɪlətiːn; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ sing. ] a machine, originally from France, for cutting …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GUILLOTINE — I. guil ‧ lo ‧ tine 1 /ˈɡɪlətiːn/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1700-1800 ; Language: French ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GUILLOTINE — n. & v. --n. 1 a machine with a heavy knife-blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading. 2 a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GUILLOTINE — n. & v. n. 1 a machine with a heavy knife-blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading. 2 a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GUILLOTINE — n. & v. --n. 1. a machine with a heavy knife-blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading. 2 a …
Oxford English vocab
EXECUTION — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE extrajudicial ▪ Allegations of extrajudicial execution and torture, one death in custody under torture, …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DEMOCRACY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES liberal state/society/democracy etc social democracy COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE direct ▪ The system of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GUILLOTINE — n. Instrument for inflicting capital punishment by decapitation. A minimal wooden structure, it supported a heavy blade that, when released, …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
EPONYM — n. 25B6; noun . See list. Eponyms eponym person America Amerigo Vespucci (Italian explorer) Baedeker Karl Baedeker (German publisher) Bailey …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
ГИЛЬОТЕН, ЖОЗЕФ ИГНАС — Joseph-Ignace Guillotin
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