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Sansculottes

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

E . fellows without breeches), a name of contempt applied by the aristocratic party in France to the Revolutionists, and at length accepted by the latter as a term of honour, as men who asserted their claim to regard on their naked manhood.

Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Sansculottes'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​s/sansculottes.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.