Carmagnole Definition
kärmə-nyōl
noun
The short jacket with wide lapels, or the costume consisting of this jacket, black trousers, a red cap, and tricolored girdle, worn by French Revolutionaries (1792)
Webster's New World
A lively song and street dance popular during the French Revolution.
Webster's New World
(archaic) A bombastic report from the French armies.
Wiktionary
Origin of Carmagnole
French from French dialectal (Dauphiné, Savoy) carmagniôla a style of coat worn by peasants on formal occasions probably after Carmagnola a city in the Piedmont region of Italy
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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