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garibaldi

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for garibaldi.

Editorial note

The thing is: even ignoring that campaign, Garibaldi was successful elsewhere and mostly coherent in his political positions.

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Quick take

A kind of jacket worn by women.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of garibaldi gathered in one view.

noun

A kind of jacket worn by women.

noun

A bright yellow/orange damselfish, of the genus Hypsypops, from the seas of southern California.

noun

A surname from Italian.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for garibaldi.

noun

A kind of jacket worn by women.

noun

A bright yellow/orange damselfish, of the genus Hypsypops, from the seas of southern California.

noun

A surname from Italian.

noun

(British) a biscuit consisting of currants squashed between layers of flaky pastry.

Example sentences

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The thing is: even ignoring that campaign, Garibaldi was successful elsewhere and mostly coherent in his political positions.

2

You've got the Garibaldi of course, you've got your Bourbon, and you've got your Peek Freens Trotsky assortment!

3

And Garibaldi was one such whose brilliance was to forge a nation so quickly from so many disparate states.

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It's weird to remember Garibaldi as a dictator, as though he were similar to Mussolini or Hitler.

5

Franklin, has several key Sinclair and Garibaldi moments, provides background lore for the Minbari and foreshadows certain Minbari things to come.

6

Well, it seems Garibaldi biscuits were genuinely named after this guy.

7

I reckon a majority of people outside Europe have never even heard of Garibaldi - as much as that might appall an Italian.

8

I think Garibaldi was actually quite good.

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Also, he was supposedly invited to fight in the American civil war but refused since he couldn't get the level of command he wanted, although there was a Garibaldi Guard in that war.

Quote examples

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Garibaldi used local (criminal) lords, the "picciotti", to achieve what he needed.

2

"The House on Garibaldi Street" - the authentic account by Issar Harel (head, Mossad) who was the lead on capturing Eichmann.

3

I can imagine he’s mentioned a lot in Don Camillo since the communist and socialist parties in the first republican election of Italy joined in a coalition called “the Garibaldi front”, but Garibaldi himself was already long dead by then.

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Just to offer food for thought, some people in the south of Italy still regard him as a Sardo/French invader and do not buy the “national hero” persona that garibaldi got attributed after the unification.

Proper noun examples

1

It's a silly boxing match episode, much of it doesn't do much for the series except set up some of Garibaldi's goofier side and maybe foreshadowing Garibaldi's flaws.

2

The North were independent small monarchies, including the Savoia, from which came the unification push with the help of Garibaldi.

3

There's a character in Babylon-5, the sci-fi TV series of the 90s, also named Garibaldi.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use garibaldi in a sentence?

The thing is: even ignoring that campaign, Garibaldi was successful elsewhere and mostly coherent in his political positions.

What does garibaldi mean?

A kind of jacket worn by women.

What part of speech is garibaldi?

garibaldi is commonly used as noun.