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-culottism
-
a word derived from
sans-culotte.
Example Sentences
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The attorney, elected to the Convention in September, no longer was content to affect patriotism in his acts and words; his very appearance now breathed a sans-culottism of the deepest dye.
From The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution by Eug?ne Sue
The horse business was certainly in the best vein of sans-culottism.
From The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series by Rafael Sabatini
Ernest laughed heartily at this vehement and uncompromising sans-culottism.
From Philistia by Grant Allen
Here is no "withering scorn," no heart "blighted" ere it has safely got into its teens, none of the drawing-room sans-culottism which Byron had brought into vogue.
From The Function of the Poet and Other Essays by James Russell Lowell
Robespierre assailed the cosmopolitan for being a German baron, for having four thousand pounds a year, and for striking his sans-culottism some notes higher than the regular pitch.
From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre by John Morley
