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sans-culottes

sans-culottes is the plural of sans-culotte.

Meaning of sans-culotte

Noun

sans-culotte (plural sans-culottes)

  1. A plebeian Parisian, especially a lower-class republican during the French Revolution.
    • One necessary fashion item for the dutiful sans-culotte, for example, was the red cap (bonnet rouge), which was alleged to recall the cap worn in Antiquity by emancipated slaves.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 454

Questions about sans-culottes

What is sans-culottes the plural of?
Sans-culottes is the plural of sans-culotte.

Words near sans-culottes in the dictionary

  1. sans serifs
  2. sans souci
  3. sans égal
  4. sans-culotte
  5. sans-culotterie
  6. sans-culottes
  7. sans-culottic
  8. sans-culottide
  9. sans-culottides
  10. sans-culottish
  11. sans-culottism

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