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cagoulard en · NOUN

Etymology

French

Meanings

1. (historical) A member of La Cagoule; a far-right-wing revolutionary or activist.
   • 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:
   • 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:

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Relateds

cagoule