sans-culotte

Noun

Meaning

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.

Hence, an extreme or radical republican; a violent revolutionist; a Jacobin.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

red radical revolutionary pink rebel subversive extremist revolutionist terrorist anarchist nihilist pinko anarch revolutioner anarcho-syndicalist
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Antonyms

cynic conservative moderate ally attacker traditionalist
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Close letter words and terms

sans nombre sans rival sans serif sans-culotterie sans-culottes sans-culottic