Cagoulard

noun

Ca·​gou·​lard

¦kagü¦lär

plural Cagoulards

-är(z)

: a member of a secret reactionary revolutionary French organization suppressed in 1937–38

Word History

Etymology

French, from cagoule hood, cowl (from Late Latin cuculla monk's cowl) + -ard

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