1) French word used in English
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• (n.) Hence, an extreme or radical republican; a violent revolutionist; a Jacobin. • (n.) A fellow without breeches; a ragged fellow; -- a name of reproach given in the first French revolution to the extreme republican party, who rejected breeches as an emblem peculiar to the upper classes or aristocracy, and adopted pantaloons.Sans-culo...
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In the French Revolution, a member of the working classes, who wore trousers, as opposed to the aristocracy and bourgeoisie, who wore knee breeches. In Paris, the sans-culottes, who drew their...
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Sans`-cu`lotte' (F. ...; E. ...)
noun [ French, without breeches.]
1. A fellow without breeches; a ragged fellow; -- a name of reproach given in the first French revolution to the extreme republican party, who rejected breeches as an emblem peculiar to the upper classes or aristocracy, and a...
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In the French Revolution, a member of the working classes, who wore trousers, as opposed to the aristocracy and bourgeoisie, who wore knee breeches. In Paris, the sans-culottes, who drew their support predominantly from apprentices, small shopkeepers, craftspeople, and the unemployed, comprised a large armed force that could be mobilized by rad...
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