sans-cu·lotte (s nz ky -l t , -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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