sans-culotte
noun
(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.
sans-culottes
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pluralof sans-culotte.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The author of Rebecca and Jamaica Inn had been brought up on tales of an aristocratic ancestor who came to London during the French Revolution, fleeing the guillotine and the militant sans-culottes.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2022
The sans-culottes of the French Revolution and the yellow vests of the French revolt centuries later.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2020
It was an uprising of enslaved people—the “true sans-culottes of the colonies,” according to one French Republican leader—in Saint-Domingue that forced the 1794 abolition of slavery.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 12, 2019
"I've studied this period — my graduation collection was inspired by the incroyables, the sans-culottes, the French Revolution. "
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2016
The sans-culottes, who doubtless have a presentiment of all that is going to happen, welcome the guillotine, then, with acclamations.
From Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty by Arthur Léon, baron Imbert de Saint-Amand
