Bastille

[bæs'til]

Definition

(noun.) a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner).

(noun.) a fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries; it was destroyed July 14, 1789 at the start of the French Revolution.

Typist: Marietta--From WordNet

Definition

n. an old fortress in Paris long used as a stale prison and demolished by a revolutionary mob in July 1789: any prison regarded as a symbol of tyranny.

Editor: Sweeney

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