Sans-culotte (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun, plural sans-cu·lottes [sanz-kyoo-lots, -koo-; French sahn-ky-lawt]. /ˌsænz kyʊˈlɒts, -kʊ-; French sɑ̃ küˈlɔt/.
  1. (in the French Revolution) a revolutionary of the poorer class: originally a term of contempt applied by the aristocrats but later adopted as a popular name by the revolutionaries.
  2. any extreme republican or revolutionary.
noun
  1. (during the French Revolution)
    • (originally) a revolutionary of the poorer class
    • (later) any revolutionary, esp one having extreme republican sympathies
  2. any revolutionary extremist
Sans-culotte (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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