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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1862 a woman's blouse copied from the red shirt worn by the Italian patriot Garibaldi

Merriam Webster's

biographical name Giuseppe 1807-1882 Italian patriot • Garibaldian adjective

Britannica Concise

Italian patriot and soldier of the Risorgimento. He came under the influence of G. Mazzini in 1834, took part in a failed mutiny intended to provoke a republican revolution in Piedmont, and escaped to France. He lived in exile in S. America (1836-48) and learned guerrilla warfare tactics during liberation attempts in Brazil and Uruguay. He returned to Italy in 1848 with his small band of "Red Shirts" and fought in Milan in the war of independence against Austria. After Pope Pius IX fled Rome (1848), Garibaldi for a while defended the city from the French when they attempted to reinstate papal rule. His bold retreat through central Italy made him a well-known figure. He lived in exile again until 1854, and in 1859 he led an army in another war against Austria. In 1860, with no government backing, he raised an army of about 1,000 men and attacked Sicily; by the end of his campaign, he commanded 30,000 men, with whom he seized Naples. He handed all of S Italy over to Victor Emmanuel and hailed him as the first king of a united Italy. With secret support from Victor Emmanuel, he led unsuccessful campaigns into the Papal States in 1862 and 1867.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. garibaldis) 1 a kind of woman's or child's loose blouse, orig. of bright red material imitating the shirts worn by Garibaldi and his followers. 2 Brit. a biscuit containing a layer of currants. 3 US a small red Californian fish, Hypsypops rubicundus. Etymology: G. Garibaldi, It. patriot d. 1882

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Garibaldi 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.