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Bonnet Rouge

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The red cap of Liberty worn by the leaders of the French revolution. It is the emblem of Red Republicanism.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Bonfire
Bonhomie
Bonhomme (Un)
Boniface
Bonne (French)
Bonne Bouche (A)
Bonnet
Bonnet
Bonnet Lairds
Bonnet-piece
Bonnet Rouge
Bonnie Dundee
Bonnyclabber
Bono Johnny
Bontemps
Bonus
Bonzes (sing. Bonze)
Booby
Booby (Lady)
Booby-trap (A)
Book (Ang.-Saxon, boc; Danish, beuke; German, buche, a beech-tree)