bonnet rouge
a red liberty cap, worn by extremists during the French Revolution.
an extremist or radical.
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How to use bonnet rouge in a sentence
A ship with the tricolor moved up with the flood, a bonnet rouge at the masthead, as was common.
The Red City | S. Weir MitchellLeur fondateur, l'instigateur de cette secte, ce La Reveillère Lepeaux était un bonnet rouge!'
The Jew And Other Stories | Ivan TurgenevMany a Gracchus hides a marquis—many a bonnet rouge a powdered crown!
bonnet rouge, a red republican, so called from the red cap of liberty which he wore.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1 | The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.Vanity will always keep France the eldest son of the Church, even if she wear a bonnet rouge.
Lothair | Benjamin Disraeli
British Dictionary definitions for bonnet rouge
/ French (bɔnɛ ruʒ) /
a red cap worn by ardent supporters of the French Revolution
an extremist or revolutionary
Origin of bonnet rouge
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