sans-culotte en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /sɒ̃(ŋ)kjuːˈlɒt/ (UK)
- /sanzkjuːˈlɒt/ (UK)
Etymology
From French sans-culotte (“(one) without pants”).
Meanings
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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:More's sensational attacks on Paine's Rights of Man [...] were echoed in prints, mass-produced by Reeves's Association, which contrasted the happy condition of the English cottager to the brutalised domestic life of the Parisian sans-culotte.
2007, Barbara Taylor, ‘Guinea Pigs’, London Review of Books 29:3, page 10:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sans-culottes | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| sansculotte | alternative | lexicographic |
Relateds
sans-culottist · sansculottic · sans-culottides · sans-culottic · sansculottides · sans-culottism · sansculottist · sans-culottish · sans-culottide · sansculottism · sansculottide
Translations (10)
pl sankiulota (sans-culotte) · fr sans-culotte (sans-culotte) · eo senkulotulo (sans-culotte) · sh bezgaćnik (sans-culotte) · tr baldırıçıplak (sans-culotte) · cmn 無套褲漢 /无套裤汉 (sans-culotte) · es sin pantalon (sans-culotte) · nl sansculotte (sans-culotte) · pt sans-culotte (sans-culotte) · sh sankilot (sans-culotte)