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Meaning of GARIBALDI

Pronunciation:  `garu'boldee, `garu'boldee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a loose high-necked blouse with long sleeves; styled after the red flannel shirts worn by Garibaldi's soldiers
  2. [n]  Italian patriot whose conquest of Sicily and Naples led to the formation of the Italian state (1807-1882)
 
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 Synonyms: Giuseppe Garibaldi
 
 See Also: blouse, full general, general, nationalist, patriot

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ga`ri*bal"di\, n.
1. A jacket worn by women; -- so called from its resemblance
   in shape to the red shirt worn by the Italians patriot
   Garibaldi.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A California market fish ({Pomancentrus
   rubicundus}) of a deep scarlet color.
 

 

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