Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A lively song and accompanying dance popular among radical republicans during the French Revolution.
- noun A short jacket worn especially by French revolutionaries.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun [capitalized] A popular dance and song among republicans in the first French revolution.
- noun A garment and costume worn in France during the revolution, and considered as identified with the revolutionary party.
- noun The wearer of such a dress; any violent revolutionist.
- noun A bombastic report of the successes and glories of the French arms during the revolutionary wars; hence, any bombastic address or document.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A popular or Red Rebublican song and dance, of the time of the first French Revolution.
- noun A bombastic report from the French armies.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A popular or Red Republican song and dance, of the time of the first French Revolution.
- noun archaic A bombastic report from the French armies.
Etymologies
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Examples
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My OED also mentions the carmagnole as a peasant jacket, and additionally, from the encyclopedia: The farandole is an open-chain community dance popular in the County of Nice, France.
Archive 2008-09-01 a. fortis 2008
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My OED also mentions the carmagnole as a peasant jacket, and additionally, from the encyclopedia: The farandole is an open-chain community dance popular in the County of Nice, France.
The WritingYA Weblog: TBR3: A Tale of Two Cities - Wheels Within Wheels tanita davis 2008
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The carmagnole of the French Revolution is a derivative.
Archive 2008-09-01 a. fortis 2008
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The carmagnole of the French Revolution is a derivative.
The WritingYA Weblog: TBR3: A Tale of Two Cities - Wheels Within Wheels tanita davis 2008
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Now the robbers wore national guard costumes and sang the carmagnole, so the sentinel took them for patriots and went inside.
THE DIAMOND JULIE BAUMGOLD 2005
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Now the robbers wore national guard costumes and sang the carmagnole, so the sentinel took them for patriots and went inside.
THE DIAMOND JULIE BAUMGOLD 2005
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Now the robbers wore national guard costumes and sang the carmagnole, so the sentinel took them for patriots and went inside.
THE DIAMOND JULIE BAUMGOLD 2005
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"How much the greatest event it is that ever happened in the world," cried Fox, with the exaggeration of a man ready to dance the carmagnole, "and how much the best!"
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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Amongst the personages of a lower class, the most prominent is Toussaint Gilles, landlord of the Cheval Patriote, and son of one of the revolutionary butchers of the Reign of Terror; a furious republican, who wears a _carmagnole_ and a red cap, inherits his father's hatred of the vile aristocrats, and prides himself on his principles, and on a truculent and immeasurable mustache.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 Various
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Congress; when the howling crowd had danced its mad _carmagnole_ and its vulgar echoes had died into distance, then Washington society was itself again.
Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death T. C. DeLeon
simonw11 commented on the word carmagnole
a song and wild dance of the reign of terror.
January 6, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word carmagnole
Usage on soutane.
March 14, 2009
qms commented on the word carmagnole
Your dress and gesture bespoke your role
And safest in those days was prole
To retain your head
For a cap of bright red
While dancing a mad carmagnole.
July 14, 2017