descamisado

American  

[des-kam-uh-sah-doh, des-kah-mee-sah-thaw] / ˌdɛs kæm əˈsɑ doʊ, ˌdɛs kɑ miˈsɑ ðɔ /

noun

• descamisados
  plural

1. an extreme liberal of the Spanish revolution 1820–23.

2. (in Argentina) a worker, especially a poor laborer or factory worker.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• descamisados
  plural

Etymology

Origin of descamisado

1815–25; < Spanish: literally, shirtless

Example Sentences

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descamisado descamisados

"That's being descamisado with a vengeance," she said.

From Time Magazine Archive

Under the latest plan, the body will be sealed beneath the monument, which is to be topped by a statue of a descamisado.

From Time Magazine Archive

She is well aware that in the eyes of many a descamisado she is Cinderella in the flesh.

From Time Magazine Archive

Daughter of that descamisado, as my father calls him because he died without a stitch on his back!

From The Torrent Entre Naranjos by Isaac Goldberg

After all, despite her populist appeal among the descamisados, or "shirtless" working class, Evita loved high fashion, as does Fernandez, as much as any Buenos Aires socialite does.

From Time ● Mar. 2, 2011

When she died in 1952 of cancer at the age of 33, the bereaved descamisados sought to have her canonized.

From Time Magazine Archive

After all, if she sent help to the poor in the U.S., her descamisados would have new and dramatic proof of her great heart.

From Time Magazine Archive

"I want to clasp the descamisados to my bosom!" he shouted before crowds of chanting workers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Five thousand descamisados of "absolute confidence" were enrolled, divided into "shock troop" detachments, "special mission" units and "reserves."

From Time Magazine Archive