The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bonnet rouge
Bonnet rouge \Bon`net" rouge"\ [F.] The red cap adopted by the extremists in the French Revolution, which became a sign of patriotism at that epoch; hence, a revolutionist; a Red Republican.
Usage examples of "bonnet rouge".
Such was the state of affairs when the French revolution broke out and convulsed Europe, and the province of Liege was among the very first to receive with open arms the bonnet rouge and to join themselves with France, and thus did the bishop lose his beautiful province for ever.