Cagot

In addition, there was the proof to be derived from the name Cagot, which those maintaining the opinion of their Saracen descent held to be Chiens, or Chasseurs des Gots, because the Saracens chased the Goths out of Spain.

An Accursed Race Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837

"Any one," said she, "_whose ears are short -- cut off at the tip_, we call Cagot; but it is only _pour rire_, it is not a polite word."

Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre Louisa Stuart Costello 1834

But still, as the Cagots were good - looking men, and (although they bore certain natural marks of their caste, of which I shall speak by-and-by) were not easily distinguished by casual passers-by from other men, they were compelled to wear some distinctive peculiarity which should arrest the eye; and, in the greater number of towns, it was decreed that the outward sign of a Cagot should be a piece of red cloth sewed conspicuously on the front of his dress.

An Accursed Race Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837

Through genealogical research, Marie-Pierre Manet-Beauzac discovered that she is a Cagot—one of Western Europe's "untouchables."

So Where's Your Goose Foot, Marie-Pierre? 2008

Through genealogical research, Marie-Pierre Manet-Beauzac discovered that she is a Cagot—one of Western Europe's "untouchables."

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Cagot meant the dog of a Goth; they were of supposed Gothic origin by some, and of Tartar origin by others.

Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

_Cagot_, we may observe that the derivation of _bigot_, our bigot, another word of the same kind, is not so clear.

Popular Tales from the Norse George Webbe Dasent 1856

_Cagot_, the nickname by which the heretical Goths who fled into Aquitaine in the time of Charles Martel, and received protection from that king and his successors, were called by the Franks, was derived from the term _Canis Gothicus_ or _Canes Gothi_.

Popular Tales from the Norse George Webbe Dasent 1856

Did a Cagot marriage take place, the couple were serenaded with satirical songs.

An Accursed Race Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837

Whereupon the inhabitants of Biarritz met in the open air, on the eighth of May, to the number of one hundred and fifty; approved of the conduct of the Baillie in rejecting Arnauld, made a subscription, and gave all power to their lawyers to defend the cause of the pure race against Etienne Arnauld -- "that stranger," who, having married a girl of Cagot blood, ought also to be expelled from the holy places.

An Accursed Race Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837