Sans-culottes
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'''''Sans-culottes''''' ([[French language|French]] for ''without [[knee-breeches]]'') was a term created 1790 - 1792 by the French to describe the poorer members of the [[Third Estate]], according to the dominant theory because they usually wore [[pantaloons]] (full-length [[trousers]]) instead of the fashionable knee-length ''[[culotte]]''.{{GFDL}} | '''''Sans-culottes''''' ([[French language|French]] for ''without [[knee-breeches]]'') was a term created 1790 - 1792 by the French to describe the poorer members of the [[Third Estate]], according to the dominant theory because they usually wore [[pantaloons]] (full-length [[trousers]]) instead of the fashionable knee-length ''[[culotte]]''.{{GFDL}} |
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Sans-culottes (French for without knee-breeches) was a term created 1790 - 1792 by the French to describe the poorer members of the Third Estate, according to the dominant theory because they usually wore pantaloons (full-length trousers) instead of the fashionable knee-length culotte.
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