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
As the Revolution approached he sympathised with its hopes and fears; the professor donned the bonnet rouge.
From A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. by Gosse, Edmund
The bonnet rouge, you will understand, with all Frenchmen is a symbol of extreme Jacobinism, and of the reign of terror.
From A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by Cooper, James Fenimore
Some one approached him, and invited him to repair to the Hôtel de Ville, in short, to put himself again at the head of the revolt, and offered him a bonnet rouge.
From A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by Cooper, James Fenimore
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.
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