What is the meaning of Bastille?

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