garibaldi

[ gar-uh-bawl-dee ]

/ ˌgær əˈbɔl di /

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noun

a loose blouse worn by women and children in the mid-19th century, made in imitation of the red shirts worn by the soldiers of Garibaldi.

a brilliant orange damselfish, Hypsypops rubicundus, found off the rocky coasts of southern California.

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Origin of garibaldi

First recorded in 1860–65

Words nearby garibaldi

garget, gargle, gargoyle, gargoylism, gari, garibaldi, Garibaldi, Giuseppe, garigue, garish, garland, garlic

Other definitions for garibaldi (2 of 2)

Garibaldi

[ gar-uh-bawl-dee; Italian gah-ree-bahl-dee ]

/ ˌgær əˈbɔl di; Italian ˌgɑ riˈbɑl di /

noun

Giu·sep·pe

[juh-sep-ee; Italian joo-zep-pe], /dʒəˈsɛp i; Italian dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/, 1807–82, Italian patriot and general.

OTHER WORDS FROM Garibaldi

Gar·i·bal·di·an, adjective, noun

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How to use garibaldi in a sentence

Cianci told his driver to stop the car at Garibaldi Park in the Federal Hill section of town.
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Tancredi joins Garibaldi and marries the rich bourgeois beauty Angelica.
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She involuntarily thought of the great Napoleon and his toy kingdom of Elba, of Garibaldi and his handful of patriots.
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The first notice we have in the page of history of the name "Garibaldi" occurs in the annals of the eighth century.
Rule of the Monk|Giuseppe Garibaldi

According to one of the historians of that time, among the chiefs of Alaric's horde a Garibaldi commanded a "squadra."
Rule of the Monk|Giuseppe Garibaldi
Three generations ago one of the cadets settled in Nice, and his lineal descendant is the present General Garibaldi.
Rule of the Monk|Giuseppe Garibaldi
This permission was granted, and on the evening of the 4th of May, Garibaldi left the city with his legion, now 2500 strong.
Rule of the Monk|Giuseppe Garibaldi

British Dictionary definitions for garibaldi (1 of 2)

garibaldi

/ (ˌɡærɪˈbɔːldɪ) /

noun

a woman's loose blouse with long sleeves popular in the 1860s, copied from the red flannel shirt worn by Garibaldi's soldiers

British a type of biscuit having a layer of currants in the centre

British Dictionary definitions for garibaldi (2 of 2)

Garibaldi

/ (ˌɡærɪˈbɔːldɪ) /

noun

Giuseppe (dʒuˈzɛppe). 1807–82, Italian patriot; a leader of the Risorgimento. He fought against the Austrians and French in Italy (1848–49; 1859) and, with 1000 volunteers, conquered Sicily and Naples for the emerging kingdom of Italy (1860)

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