François Noël (frɑ̃swa nɔɛl) 1760–97, French political agitator: plotted unsuccessfully to destroy the Directory and establish a communistic system
Babeuf in American English
(baˈbœf)
noun
François Noël (fʀɑ̃ːˈswa nouˈel) (Gracchus Babeuf), 1760–97, French revolutionary
Word origin
[1840–50]This word is first recorded in the period 1840–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bypass, creationism, pylon, sensationalism, set piece