Sans-culotte
//sanzkjuːˈlɒt// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A plebeian Parisian, especially a lower-class republican during the French Revolution.
"One necessary fashion item for the dutiful sans-culotte, for example, was the red cap (bonnet rouge), which was alleged to recall the cap worn in Antiquity by emancipated slaves."
Example
More examples"One necessary fashion item for the dutiful sans-culotte, for example, was the red cap (bonnet rouge), which was alleged to recall the cap worn in Antiquity by emancipated slaves."
Etymology
From French sans-culotte (“(one) without pants”).
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