About The Word Sans-culotte
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Sans-culotte
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What's The Definition Of Sans-culotte?Synonyms | Synonyms for Sans-culotte: Related Terms | Find terms related to Sans-culotte: See Also | Sans-culotte In Webster's Dictionary \Sans`-cu`lotte"\ (F. ?; E. ?), n. [F., without
breeches.]
1. A fellow without breeches; a ragged fellow; -- a name of
reproach given in the first French revolution to the
extreme republican party, who rejected breeches as an
emblem peculiar to the upper classes or aristocracy, and
adopted pantaloons.
2. Hence, an extreme or radical republican; a violent
revolutionist; a Jacobin.
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