| 释义 |
sans·cu·lotte
\ˌsanzk(y)əˈlät, -nsk-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: French sans-culotte, literally, without breeches; probably from the fact that members of the republican party had rejected short breeches as being peculiar to the upper classes and had adopted instead other articles of dress, especially pantaloons
1. : one belonging to the extreme republican party in France at the time of the Revolution
2. : a political extremist or radical; especially : one who believes in violence to attain an end |