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sans-culotte

[ sanz-kyoo-lot, -koo-; French sahn-ky-lawt ]

noun

, plural sans-cu·lottes [sanz-ky, oo, -, lots, -k, oo, -, sah, n, -k, y, -, lawt].
  1. (in the French Revolution) a revolutionary of the poorer class: originally a term of contempt applied by the aristocrats but later adopted as a popular name by the revolutionaries.
  2. any extreme republican or revolutionary.


sans-culotte

/ ˌsænzkjʊˈlɒt; sɑ̃kylɔt /

noun

  1. during the French Revolution
    1. (originally) a revolutionary of the poorer class
    2. (later) any revolutionary, esp one having extreme republican sympathies
  2. any revolutionary extremist
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌsans-cuˈlottist, noun
  • ˌsans-cuˈlottism, noun
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Other Words From

  • sans-cu·lot·tic [sanz-ky, oo, -, lot, -ik, -k, oo, -], adjective
  • sans-cu·lottish adjective
  • sans-cu·lottism noun
  • sans-cu·lottist noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sans-culotte1

1780–90; < French: literally, without knee breeches
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sans-culotte1

C18: from French, literally: without knee breeches, because the revolutionaries wore pantaloons or trousers rather than knee breeches
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Example Sentences

Clearly the sans-culotte of Brussels was a mere tinsel imitation of the genuine article at Paris.

Hard names were not wanting either; Jefferson was ridiculed as a sans-culotte and red-legged Democrat.

Two men in sans-culotte costume were seated at a small table in the restaurant of Père Lefèvre.

He could not even command words in which to thank this kind-hearted sans-culotte for his timely warning.

"Aye, he took French leave, the b--y sans culotte" returned the captain, putting himself in a better humor with his own pun.

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