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
Other Word Forms
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
However great the vogue that counsels them to-day, they will never be universally adopted, for every man really devoted to the public welfare will be quite indifferent to a bonnet rouge.
From History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution by Ryde, H. T.
In the midst of the commotion, a man appeared on horseback wearing the dreaded bonnet rouge.
From A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by Cooper, James Fenimore
The bonnet rouge had from its first appearance been the subject of dispute and dissension amongst the Jacobins; the exaltés wore it, whilst the modérés yet abstained from adopting it.
From History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution by Ryde, H. T.
I have seen the bonnet rouge on his 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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