bonnet rouge

American  

[baw-ne roozh] / bɔ nɛ ˈruʒ /

noun

French.

plural

bonnets rouges

1. a red liberty cap, worn by extremists during the French Revolution.

2. an extremist or radical.

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bonnet rouge British  

/ bɔnɛ ruʒ /

noun

1. a red cap worn by ardent supporters of the French Revolution

2. an extremist or revolutionary

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Etymology

Origin of bonnet rouge

literally: red cap

Example Sentences

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

Upon his head is a bonnet rouge, or in other words, a red night-cap.

From Old Quebec The Fortress of New France by Bryan, Claude Glennon

The citizens, who have adopted the bonnet rouge through a laudable patriotism, will lose nothing by laying it aside.

From History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution by Ryde, H. T.

France, with her bonnet rouge and fraternity, dispatches her Rouen cottons, Marseilles brandies, flimsy taffetas, and indescribable variety of tinsel gewgaws.

From Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver by Mayer, Brantz

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