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soixante-huitard

soixante-huitard noun: someone who took part in, or otherwise supported, the civil unrest in France in May 1968, characterised by student protests and widespread strikes.

Noun

soixante-huitard (plural soixante-huitards)

  1. (historical) Someone who took part in, or otherwise supported, the civil unrest in France in May 1968, characterised by student protests and widespread strikes.
    • ‘Those clochards in Cannes, mostly old soixante-huitards. They see a tribute to modern industrial genius and can't resist giving it a swift kick.’2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 92
  2. (broadly) A fierce social activist or protester.
    • As far as he is concerned, the institutions that once made Britain great – from parliament to the ancient seats of learning, from monarchy and the common law to the Church of England – have all been hollowed out and subverted by cynical soixante-huitards.2012 October 26, Jonathan Rée, “The War We Never Fought by Peter Hitchens – review”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Forms of soixante-huitard

pluralsoixante-huitards

Origin of soixante-huitard

Borrowed from French soixante-huitard (literally “sixty-eighter”).

Questions about soixante-huitard

What does soixante-huitard mean?
Soixante-huitard means someone who took part in, or otherwise supported, the civil unrest in France in May 1968, characterised by student protests and widespread strikes.
What part of speech is soixante-huitard?
Soixante-huitard is a noun.
What is the plural of soixante-huitard?
The plural of soixante-huitard is soixante-huitards.

Words near soixante-huitard in the dictionary

  1. soirées
  2. sois
  3. Soissons
  4. Soisy-sous-Montmorency
  5. soitenly
  6. soixante-huitard
  7. soixante-huitards
  8. soixante-neuf
  9. soixante-neufed
  10. soixante-neufing
  11. soixante-neufs

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