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San Salvador (Name given by Columbus)

a name given by Columbus to the first island he discovered in the New World, Oct. 12, 1492. This island was later identified with Cat island and still later with Watling island.

SANS CULOTTES (French, without breeches). (1) A fellow without breeches; a rough, ragged fellow. The name was applied in derision to the popular party by the aristocrats in the beginning of the revolution of 1789, and was afterward assumed by the patriots as a title of honor. (2) A fierce republican. (3) A rough.