Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In Sp. hist., an extreme liberal and revolutionist in the turbulent period after 1820.

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Examples

  • In the distance, there came the odd booming cry of a _descamisado_, returning to its lair in the trees after a long night of hunting.

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2005

  • Daughter of that _descamisado_, as my father calls him because he died without a stitch on his back!

    The Torrent Entre Naranjos Vicente Blasco Ib����ez 1897

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  • “shirtless one�?, a very poor person. The backbone of Peronist support.

    June 8, 2008