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chouan : ウィキペディア英語版
chouan

Chouan ("the silent one", or "owl") is a French surname. It was used as a nom de guerre by the Chouan brothers, most notably Jean Cottereau, better known as Jean Chouan, who led a major revolt in Bas-Maine against the French Revolution. Members of this revolt (and even French royalists in general) came to be known as ''Chouans'', and the revolt itself came to be known as the ''Chouannerie''.
==Origin of the word==
Jean Cottereau and his brothers all inherited the surname Chouan from their father, a clog merchant and ''homme honorable'' from Saint-Berthevin in Mayenne, on the border with Brittany. One view is that this nickname originated from his talent for impersonating the cry of the owl (''chouette'' in French), or specifically the tawny owl, which was called ''chouan'' in old French (French ''chat-huant''), a designation that survived in the western ''langue d'oïl'' dialect spoken in Mayenne. According to another authority, the only reason the members of the Cottereau family had long borne the surname Chouan was that their grandparent was sad and taciturn by nature, and according to yet another, because they used owl-calls as warning and recognition signals whilst out on smuggling trips. Writing within living memory of the events, Jacques Duchemin des Cépeaux insisted that,
The surname of Chouan was given to Jean Chouan's grandfather because he was by nature taciturn and sad and because, at meetings, he kept himself out of the way in a corner. Since that time, the Cottereau family has maintained this surname. It was in turn given to all men who mustered to fight under the command of Jean Chouan, and finally to other royalists in arms in the western provinces. As for the account that the first Chouans imitated the cry of birds of the night to recognise and call each other, it is a supposition made by those who - not knowing the true explanation - nevertheless wanted to have some explanation to satisfy their curiosity... Maybe some insurgents had this idea which was suggested to them by their nickname. Although it is only some, it is to be noted that the bird formerly dedicated to armed wisdom became a sort of emblem for the bellicose piety of our peasants."〔"Le surnom de Chouan avait été donné au grand-père de Jean Chouan parce qu'il était naturellement taciturne et triste et que, dans les réunions, il se tenait toujours dans un coin à l'écart. Depuis ce temps, la famille Cottereau conserva ce surnom. On le donna ensuite à tous les hommes qui se réunirent pour combattre sous les ordres de Jean Chouan, et enfin aux autres royalistes armés dans les provinces de l'ouest. Quant à ce qu'on a raconté que les premiers chouans contrefaisaient le cri de l'oiseau de nuit pour se reconnaître et s'appeler, c'est une supposition faite par ceux qui, ne sachant pas la vraie explication, ont voulu néanmoins avoir quelque chose à dire pour satisfaire la curiosité.. Peut-être quelques insurgés ont-ils eu cette idée qui leur était suggérée par leur surnom. Quoi qu'il en soit, il est à remarquer que l'oiseau consacré jadis à la sagesse armée devint comme une sorte d'emblème de la piété belliqueuse de nos paysans."---> Jacques Duchemin des Cépeaux, Souvenirs de la chouannerie, H. Godbert, printed at Laval, 1855.〕

One possible reason the name was extended to the royalist troops of Maine, Normandy and Britanny is the riot at Saint-Ouën-des-Toits on 15 August 1792, in which (among others) Jean and René Cottereau participated. There, they signalled to the Laval authorities. Another is that the royalist troops mustered at night using the owl call as a signal.

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