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Cagoulard

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[kag-oo-lahr, kag-oo-lahr, ka-goo-lahr] / ˈkæg ʊˌlɑr, ˌkæg ʊˈlɑr, ka guˈlɑr /

noun

Cagoulards plural
  1. a member of a secret French organization, active 1932–40, that conspired to overthrow the Third Republic.


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Etymology

Origin of Cagoulard

< French, equivalent to cagoule hood ( see cowl) + -ard -ard

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He trails a faint odor of Cagoulard, the Royalist-Fascist secret society of unsavory name in the latter days of the Third Republic.

From Time Magazine Archive

Before World War II, P�tain's name was involved with the fascist Cagoulard attempt to seize power.

From Time Magazine Archive

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