Cagoulard
Americannoun
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Cagoulards
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Cagoulard
< French, equivalent to cagoule hood ( see cowl) + -ard -ard
Example Sentences
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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
As Minister of the Interior following the war, Mitterrand tried to get some of the Cagoulards out of jail.
From Time Magazine Archive
Gradually, news about the Cagoulards is dying out.
From Secret Armies The New Technique of Nazi Warfare by John L. Spivak
They knew that these fortresses were equipped with sending and receiving radios, knew that some were within the shadow of military centers, knew that the Cagoulards had a far-flung espionage system.
From Secret Armies The New Technique of Nazi Warfare by John L. Spivak
At the top of the Cagoulards is a Supreme War Council or General Staff whose members have not been disclosed.
From Secret Armies The New Technique of Nazi Warfare by John L. Spivak
Boccalaro, too, seems to have had reasons to suppress information in at least one case where the death penalty was inflicted upon a member of the Cagoulards.
From Secret Armies The New Technique of Nazi Warfare by John L. Spivak
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