Marianne
Liberty in France
Marianne is a French female name, combining Marie and Anne.
More distinctively, Marianne is the national personification of France—a symbolic figure representing the French Republic and its values of liberty, equality, and fraternity.
Her image appears on official documents, stamps, and statues throughout France, often depicted wearing a Phrygian cap.
The bust of Marianne stands in every French town hall.
Western European republic
- republicState with elected leaders
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
- equalitySame status for all
- fraternitySpirit of brotherly connection
tricolor · allegory · emblem · icon · bust · Delacroix · cap · figurehead
Paris fortress-prison
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- 1789Late eighteenth century
- barricadeObstacle blocking a path
- guillotineVertical beheading apparatus
Jacobin · sans-culottes · Reign of Terror · Robespierre · insurrection · revolutionary · cockade · storming
Literary family name
- protagonistStory's central figure
- heroineBrave female protagonist
- sensibilityRefined emotional responsiveness
- romanticConducive to love
passionate · Willoughby · Brandon · Elinor · sisterhood · heartbreak · fever · devotion
France
Western European republic
fraternity · tricolor · allegory · emblem · icon · bust · Delacroix · cap · figurehead · personification
Bastille
Paris fortress-prison
guillotine · Jacobin · sans-culottes · Reign of Terror · Robespierre · insurrection · revolutionary · cockade · storming · rebellion
Austen
Literary family name
- protagonistStory's central figure
- heroineBrave female protagonist
- sensibilityRefined emotional responsiveness
romantic · passionate · Willoughby · Brandon · Elinor · sisterhood · heartbreak · fever · devotion · imprudence
feminine
Pertaining to women
biblical · compound · nickname · nameday · christening · patron · popularity · vintage · elegant · literary
- FranceParis, Notre-Dame, Lyon, croissant, Toulouse
- personificationsMother Nature, Father Time, Grim Reaper, Lady Luck, Lady Justice
- French RevolutionBastille, guillotine, Robespierre, French Revolution, Jacobins
- coin imageryeagles, portraits, crowns, wreaths, shields
- coinageminting, denomination, dies, mint mark, blanks
- French MediaHachette, Charlie Hebdo, RFI, M6, Metro
MarianneJohn Bull
English national personification
Uncle Sam · Britannia · Mother Russia · Hispania · Hibernia
MarianneLouis XVI
divine right of kings · tyranny · despotism · absolutism · aristocracy
- Maid MarianLegendary outlaw's romantic interest
- Marian Anderson