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Definition of Cagot
1. n. One of a race inhabiting the valleys of the Pyrenees, who until 1793 were political and social outcasts (Christian Pariahs). They are supposed to be a remnant of the Visigoths.
Definition of Cagot
1. Noun. (historical) A member of a persecuted minority in south-western France. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cagot
1. a member of an outcast class [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cagot
Literary usage of Cagot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Classic and the Beautiful from the Literature of Three Thousand Years edited by Henry Coppée (1900)
"A BRAVE cagot. A FRENCH HISTORICAL NARRATIVE. ,HE existence of an outcast race
of men, under the name of cagots, during several ages in France, ..."
2. Arnaud's Masterpiece: A Romance of the Pyrenees by Walter Cranston Larned (1897)
"How cagot wonderful were the surroundings of this Maiden. simple cabin ! The snow
was like silver, gleaming beneath the sun's touch, but it was restful in ..."
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