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The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Sansculottes

    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.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. sansculottes

    (i.e., “without breeches”). Was the name given in scorn, at the beginning of the French revolution, by the court party to the democratic “proletaires” of Paris. The latter accepted this superfine reproach with sardonic pride, and the term soon became the distinctive appellation of a “good patriot,” more especially as such a one often made a point of showing his contempt for the rich by neglecting his apparel, and cultivating rough and cynical manners. Toward the close of the Convention, the name, connected as it had been with all the sanguinary excesses of the period, naturally fell into bad odor, and soon after totally disappeared.

Etymology and Origins

  1. Sansculottes

    The lowest orders of the people during the French Revolution. This, literally “without breeches,” was the scornful title at first bestowed by the aristocrats upon the Democratic party on account of their neglectful attire. A little while later the Red Republicans accepted it with pride as the password for patriotism.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sansculottes in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sansculottes in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6


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    something (a term or expression or concept) that has a reciprocal relation to something else
    A contempt
    B breastwork
    C ternion
    D reciprocal

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