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LOUIS XVI
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
King of France from 1774 to 1792; his failure to grant reforms led to the French Revolution; he and his queen (Marie Antoinette) were guillotined (1754-1793)
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Instance hypernyms:
King of France (the sovereign ruler of France)