sans-cu|lotte

sans-cu|lotte
sans-cu|lotte «SANZ kyu LOT», noun.
1. a contemptuous term used during the French Revolution for a republican of the poorer classes in Paris, adopted by the revolutionists as a designation of honor.
2. any extreme republican or revolutionary: »

The scientists of today…are the sans-culottes of a second scientific revolution in which the prime methods of the laboratory are being conquered by a new and more thoroughgoing empiricism (Scientific American).

[< French sansculotte (literally) without knee breeches (because the republicans substituted pantaloons for knee breeches); sans without, culotte knee breeches. Compare etym. under culottes. (Cf.culottes)]

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  • sans-culotte — sans cu•lotte [[t]ˌsænz kyʊˈlɒt, kʊ [/t]] n. 1) why a radical in the French Revolution 2) why a extreme republican or revolutionary • Etymology: 1780–90; < F: lit., without knee breeches sans cu•lot′tic, adj. sans cu•lot′tism, n …   From formal English to slang

  • Sans-culotte — Sans cu lotte (F. ?; E. ?), n. [F., without breeches.] 1. 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lotte — bal·lotte·ment; bouil·lotte; ca·lotte; char·lotte·town; cu·lotte; sans·cu·lotte; sans·cu·lotte·rie; lotte; char·lotte; be·lotte; …   English syllables

  • sans — anal·y·sans; sans·cu·lotte; sans·cu·lotte·rie; sans·cu·lot·tic; sans·cu·lot·tish; sans·cu·lot·tism; sans·cu·lot·tize; sans; …   English syllables

  • Lotte Reiniger — Données clés Nom de naissance Charlotte Reiniger Naissance 2 juin 1889 Berlin (Allemagne) Nationalité Allemande …   Wikipédia en Français

  • lotte — ballotte bellotte bouillotte boulotte calotte charlotte couche culotte culotte décalotte déculotte flotte gaine culotte gibelotte glotte goulotte grelotte hulotte jupe culotte lotte maclotte masselotte parlotte polyglotte poulotte pâlotte… …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • sansculotte — sans·cu·lotte …   English syllables

  • sansculotterie — sans·cu·lotte·rie …   English syllables

  • cu — acal·cu·lia; ac·cu·mu·la·ble; ac·cu·mu·la·tion; ac·cu·mu·la·tive; ac·cu·mu·la·tor; ac·cu·ra·cy; ac·cu·rate; ac·cu·rate·ly; ac·cu·rate·ness; ac·cu·sa·tion; ac·cu·sa·ti·val; ac·cu·sa·trix; ad·os·cu·la·tion; aes·cu·la·ce·ae; aes·cu·la·pi·an;… …   English syllables

  • rie — ae·rie; ar·rie; ar·rie·ro; ar·rie·ros; aum·rie; bain ma·rie; bat·te·rie; bi·jou·te·rie; bi·zar·re·rie; boi·se·rie; bon·dieu·se·rie; bou·che·rie; bras·se·rie; bro·de·rie; brus·que·rie; cal·o·rie; ca·ma·ra·de·rie; car·ros·se·rie; cau·se·rie;… …   English syllables

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