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garibaldi
1[ gar-uh-bawl-dee ]
noun
- a loose blouse worn by women and children in the mid-19th century, made in imitation of the red shirts worn by the soldiers of Garibaldi.
- a brilliant orange damselfish, Hypsypops rubicundus, found off the rocky coasts of southern California.
Garibaldi
2[ gar-uh-bawl-dee; Italian gah-ree-bahl-dee ]
noun
- Giu·sep·pe [j, uh, -, sep, -ee, joo-, zep, -pe], 1807–82, Italian patriot and general.
Garibaldi
1/ ˌɡærɪˈbɔːldɪ /
noun
- GaribaldiGiuseppe18071882MItalianPOLITICS: patriot Giuseppe (dʒuˈzɛppe). 1807–82, Italian patriot; a leader of the Risorgimento. He fought against the Austrians and French in Italy (1848–49; 1859) and, with 1000 volunteers, conquered Sicily and Naples for the emerging kingdom of Italy (1860)
garibaldi
2/ ˌɡærɪˈbɔːldɪ /
noun
- a woman's loose blouse with long sleeves popular in the 1860s, copied from the red flannel shirt worn by Garibaldi's soldiers
- a type of biscuit having a layer of currants in the centre
Other Words From
- Gari·baldi·an adjective noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of garibaldi1
Example Sentences
Cianci told his driver to stop the car at Garibaldi Park in the Federal Hill section of town.
Tancredi joins Garibaldi and marries the rich bourgeois beauty Angelica.
She involuntarily thought of the great Napoleon and his toy kingdom of Elba, of Garibaldi and his handful of patriots.
The first notice we have in the page of history of the name "Garibaldi" occurs in the annals of the eighth century.
According to one of the historians of that time, among the chiefs of Alaric's horde a Garibaldi commanded a "squadra."
Three generations ago one of the cadets settled in Nice, and his lineal descendant is the present General Garibaldi.
This permission was granted, and on the evening of the 4th of May, Garibaldi left the city with his legion, now 2500 strong.
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