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sans-cu·lotte S0075900 (sănz′kyo͞o-lŏt′, -ko͞o-, säN-kü-lôt′)n.1. A radical republican from the urban lower and artisanal classes during the French Revolution.2. A revolutionary extremist. [French : sans, without + culotte, breeches.]sans-culotte (ˌsænzkjʊˈlɒt; French sɑ̃kylɔt) n1. (Historical Terms) (during the French Revolution)a. (originally) a revolutionary of the poorer classb. (later) any revolutionary, esp one having extreme republican sympathies2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) any revolutionary extremist[C18: from French, literally: without knee breeches, because the revolutionaries wore pantaloons or trousers rather than knee breeches] ˌsans-cuˈlottism n ˌsans-cuˈlottist nsans-cu•lotte (ˌsænz kyʊˈlɒt, -kʊ-) n. 1. a radical in the French Revolution. 2. a extreme republican or revolutionary. [1780–90; < French: literally, without knee breeches] sans`-cu•lot′tic, adj. sans`-cu•lot′tism, n. sans-culotteenUK
sans-culotte1. during the French Revolutiona. (originally) a revolutionary of the poorer class b. (later) any revolutionary, esp one having extreme republican sympathies 2. any revolutionary extremist |