Cagoulard

American  

[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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Cagoulards
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Cagoulard

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

Example Sentences

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Cagoulard Cagoulards

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

The General is one of the military heads of the Cagoulards and frequently met with Baron de Potters.

From Secret Armies The New Technique of Nazi Warfare by John L. Spivak

Just how many members the Cagoulards actually have is unknown except to its Supreme Council and probably to the German and Italian Intelligence Divisions.

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

Gradually, news about the Cagoulards is dying out.

From Secret Armies The New Technique of Nazi Warfare by John L. Spivak