Cagoulard

[ kag-oo-lahr, kag-oo-lahr; French ka-goo-lahr ]

noun

, plural Ca·gou·lards [kag, -, oo, -lahrz, kag-, oo, -, lahrz, k, a, -goo-, lahr].

1. a member of a secret French organization, active 1932–40, that conspired to overthrow the Third Republic.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Cagoulard¹

< French, equivalent to cagoule hood ( cowl ) + -ard -ard

Example Sentences

He trails a faint odor of Cagoulard, the Royalist-Fascist secret society of unsavory name in the latter days of the Third Republic.

From Time Magazine Archive

Before World War II, P�tain's name was involved with the fascist Cagoulard attempt to seize power.

From Time Magazine Archive

There she gets mixed up with a Masked Bandit, who turns out to be Joseph Calleia disguised as a cagoulard.

From Time Magazine Archive

With True in this effort to establish a Cagoulard organization in this country, were some of the most active Nazi agents and patrioteers.

From Project Gutenberg