bonnet rouge
noun
bon·net rouge
\bȯnārüzh\
Definition of bonnet rouge
bonnet rouges
orbonnets rouges
\like singular\: the red cap adopted by extremists in the French Revolution — compare liberty cap
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Origin and Etymology of bonnet rouge
French, literally, red cap
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