Garibaldi
pronunciation
How to pronounce Garibaldi in British English:
UK [ˌɡærɪˈbɔːldi; ˌɡærɪˈbældi]
How to pronounce Garibaldi in American English:
US [ ˌɡærɪˈbɔːldi,ˌɡærɪˈbældi]
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- Noun:
- a loose high-necked blouse with long sleeves; styled after the red flannel shirts worn by Garibaldi's soldiers
Word Origin
- Garibaldi
- 1862, blouse worn by women in imitation of red shirts worn by followers of Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882), liberator of Italy.
Example
- 1. Cavour feared garibaldi 's popularity among the lower classes , and his republican ideas .
- 2. Nineteenth-century italian nationalism culminated in garibaldi 's triumphant creation of an italian nation state .
- 3. He broke the garibaldi biscuit she 'd brought with the tea .
- 4. So the northern king rushed south to collect what garibaldi had won : half of the country .
- 5. The island continued to change hands until a later kingdom was conquered by giuseppe garibaldi in 1860 and became part of unified italy .