cagoulard
cagoulard noun: a member of La Cagoule; a far-right-wing revolutionary or activist.
Noun
cagoulard (plural cagoulards)
- A member of La Cagoule; a far-right-wing revolutionary or activist.
- Moreover, Henry Charbonneau, a cagoulard, portrayed Henri Martin, head of the Cagoule's "intelligence" section in November 1937, as "an incorrigible mythomane," and Deloncle as a devotee of "intelligence."2002, K. Moure, Martin S. Alexander, Crisis and Renewal in France: 1918-1962, page 94
- Arrighi replied by exhuming an old accusation that in the 1930s as a teenager Mitterrand had been a cagoulard, a member of the extreme-rightist, violent pro-fascist organization known as La Cagoule, "the Cowl."2003, Ronald Tiersky, François Mitterrand: A Very French President
Forms of cagoulard
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Origin of cagoulard
French
Questions about cagoulard
- What does cagoulard mean?
- Cagoulard means a member of La Cagoule; a far-right-wing revolutionary or activist.
- What part of speech is cagoulard?
- Cagoulard is a noun.
- What is the plural of cagoulard?
- The plural of cagoulard is cagoulards.
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