bastille — meaning in English

English meaning

• Bastille noun A fortress or prison, especially one associated with harsh or unjust treatment of its inmates.

Senses

bastille is used for these senses in English:

• Bastille A former fortress and prison in Paris, France, the storming of which in 1789 began the French Revolution.
• bastille A jail or prison, especially one regarded as mistreating its prisoners.

Bastille — full definition

1. noun A fortress or prison, especially one associated with harsh or unjust treatment of its inmates.
2. noun Capitalized: the Bastille, a Paris fortress-prison whose storming by an angry crowd in 1789 marked the start of the French Revolution.

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