cagoulard
English
Etymology
French
Noun
cagoulard (plural cagoulards)
- (historical) A member of La Cagoule; a far-right-wing revolutionary or activist.
- 2002, K. Moure & Martin S. Alexander, Crisis and Renewal in France: 1918-1962, p. 94:
- Moreover, Henry Charbonneau, a cagoulard, portrayed Henri Martin, head of the Cagoule's "intelligence" section in November 1937, as "an incorrigible mythomane," and Deloncle as a devotee of "intelligence."
- 2003, Ronald Tiersky, François Mitterrand: A Very French President:
- Arrighi replied by exhuming an old accusation that in the 1930s as a teenager Mitterrand had been a cagoulard, a member of the extreme-rightist, violent pro-fascist organization known as La Cagoule, "the Cowl."
- 2002, K. Moure & Martin S. Alexander, Crisis and Renewal in France: 1918-1962, p. 94:
Related terms
- cagoule
French
Etymology
From cagoule + -ard.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.ɡu.laʁ/
Noun
cagoulard m (plural cagoulards, feminine cagoularde)
- (historical) cagoulard
Further reading
- “cagoulard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.