bonnet rouge
Americannoun
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a red liberty cap, worn by extremists during the French Revolution.
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an extremist or radical.
noun
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a red cap worn by ardent supporters of the French Revolution
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an extremist or revolutionary
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Etymology
Origin of bonnet rouge
literally: red cap
Example Sentences
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His riff on red asked if the colour of revolution was inspired by blood or by fire, and took in the bonnet rouge of the French Revolution, Garibaldi, Uruguayan butchers, bullfighters and Buddhism.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 24, 2017
The only thing for which I have ever reproached Louis XVI. was for having for one moment suffered the bonnet rouge to be placed upon his head to save his royalty.
From France in the Nineteenth Century by Latimer, Elizabeth
"It is," said a contemporary, "a bonnet rouge planted on a cross."
From A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. by Gosse, Edmund
Over the gates is a pole, supporting a dirty and tattered bonnet rouge, of which species of republican decoration there are very few now to be seen in Paris.
From The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. by Carr, John, Sir
We protest, therefore, against the parochial criticism which would degrade Dante to a mere partisan, which sees in him a Luther before his time, and would clap the bonnet rouge upon his heavenly muse.
From Among My Books Second Series by Lowell, James Russell
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