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单词 toussaint l'ouverture
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Toussaint L'Ouverture


Tous·saint L'Ou·ver·ture

T0291300 (to͞o-săN′ lo͞o-vĕr-tür′), François Dominique 1743?-1803. Haitian military and political leader who led a successful slave insurrection (1791-1793) and helped the French expel the British from Haiti (1798). In 1801 he invaded Spanish Santo Domingo and briefly maintained control over the entire island, establishing the first black-led government in the Americas. After Napoleon's troops invaded, he was arrested and deported to France (1802).

Toussaint L'Ouverture

(French tusɛ̃ luvɛrtyr) n (Biography) Pierre Dominique (pjɛr dɔminik). ?1743–1803, Haitian revolutionary leader. He was made governor of the island by the French Revolutionary government (1794) and expelled the Spanish and British but when Napoleon I proclaimed the re-establishment of slavery he was arrested. He died in prison in France

Tous•saint L'Ou•ver•ture

(Fr. tuˈsɛ̃ lu vɛrˈtür)
n. (Francis Dominique Toussaint) 1743–1803, Haitian military and political leader.

Toussaint L'Ouverture


L'Ouverture, Toussaint:

see Toussaint L'Ouverture, François DominiqueToussaint L'Ouverture, François Dominique
, c.1744–1803, Haitian patriot and martyr. A self-educated slave freed shortly before the uprising in 1791, he joined the black rebellion to liberate the slaves and became its organizational genius.
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