Bonnet Rouge.

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.

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)