Cagoulard
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cagoulard is a noun meaning (historical) A member of La Cagoule; a far-right-wing revolutionary or activist.
Meaning
(historical) A member of La Cagoule; a far-right-wing revolutionary or activist.
Example Sentences
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."
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."
Word Forms
- cagoulards
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include voulgier, cagmag, cajun, crapaud, cangaceiro, caballer.
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