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National Convention

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The assembly of deputies which assumed the government of France on the overthrow of the throne in 1792. It succeeded the National Assembly.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Nasi
Naso
Nasser
Nastrond [dead-man’s region]
Nathaniel (Sir)
Nation of Gentlemen
Nation of Shopkeepers
National Anthem
National Anthems
National Colours
National Convention
National Debt
National Exhibition
National Workshops
Native
Nativity (The)
Natty
Natty Bumppo
Natural (A)
Nature
Naught (not “nought”)

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National Convention