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gens braccata

Preserved but no longer current.

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Meaning · English

Trousered people. The Romans wore no trousers ("breeches") like the Gauls, Scythians, and Persians. Cp. GALLIA BRACCATA.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Người dân mặc quần, không giống như người La Mã

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Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)

Sources & notes

Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.

Topics: Historical slang (1800s)

Common questions

What does “gens braccata” mean?

Trousered people. The Romans wore no trousers ("breeches") like the Gauls, Scythians, and Persians. Cp. GALLIA BRACCATA.

Is “gens braccata” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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