What is the meaning of Sans-culotte?

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  • (n.) Hence, an extreme or radical republican; a violent revolutionist; a Jacobin.
  • (n.) A fellow without breeches; a ragged fellow; -- a name of reproach given in the first French revolution to the extreme republican party, who rejected breeches as an emblem peculiar to the upper classes or aristocracy, and adopted pantaloons.
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APAWebster's. (2011). Sans-culotte. Retrieved September 22, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/sans-culotte/definitions/2057855
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HarvardWebster's 2011, Sans-culotte, Smart Define, viewed 22 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/sans-culotte/definitions/2057855>.
MLAWebster's. "Sans-culotte" 28 May 2011. Web. 22 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/sans-culotte/definitions/2057855>