bonnet rouge
Americannoun
plural
bonnets rouges-
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
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
A French troop under Delange advanced as far as Aix-la-Chapelle, where they crowned the statue of Charlemagne with a bonnet rouge.
From Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4 by Horrocks, Mrs. George
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
Every house bears an inscription, giving the names and ages of the occupants, decorated with patriotic colours of red, white and blue, with figures of the Gallic cock and the bonnet rouge.
From The Story of Paris by Kimball, Katherine
The queen took the bonnet rouge from this man's hands, and placed it herself on the dauphin's head.
From History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution by Ryde, H. T.
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