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sans-culotte
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sans-cu·lotte  (snzky-lt, -k-, sä-kü-lôt)
n.
1. An extreme radical republican during the French Revolution.
2. A revolutionary extremist.
[French : sans, without + culotte, breeches.]
sans-culotte [ˌsænzkjʊˈlɒt (French) sɑ̃kylɔt]
n
1. (Historical Terms) (during the French Revolution)
a.  (originally) a revolutionary of the poorer class
b.  (later) any revolutionary, esp one having extreme republican sympathies
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) any revolutionary extremist
[from French, literally: without knee breeches, because the revolutionaries wore pantaloons or trousers rather than knee breeches]
sans-culottism  n
sans-culottist  n
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In truth, it is the middle classes, particularly the lower middle classes, who make revolutions, whether they be the sans-culottes of Revolutionary France, or the ruined small businessmen of Weimar Germany.
A dangerous mood is being created; in association with RBS by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Time was when a classical album sleeve featured nothing more risque than a piano leg sans-culottes or a bust of Beethoven.
ALTERNATIVELY SPEAKING by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
They date back to the late-1700s and the name is derived from the looser style of trouser worn by French working-class revolutionaries - named the Sans-Culottes (without breeches) - who rejected the aristocracy's tight breeches.
What a lot of culottes we've got! by The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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