Jacobin
See also: jacobin
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French jacobin, ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Jacōbus (“Jacob”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
Jacobin (plural Jacobins)
- (dated) A Dominican friar.
- A member of a radical French political club founded (at an old Jacobin convent) in 1789 and one of the driving forces of the French Revolution.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 429-30:
- The Jacobins acted as a left-of-centre parliamentary pressure group, spending much of their time in coordinating the following day's business in the Assembly.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 429-30:
- (by extension) A political radical.
- A breed of domestic pigeon (known for its feathered hood over its head).
Translations
breed of domestic pigeon
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Adjective
Jacobin (not comparable)
- Of, or related to the radical French political club that was a driving force of the French Revolution.
- (by extension) Politically radical.
- 2015, Matthew Quest, "George L. Mosse: Unconventional Historian", New Historian:
- […] Mosse argued the most fascist and totalitarian in particular but also radical Jacobin regimes, continued to have an investment in not merely disciplining human bodies but harnessing their sense of glory toward worshiping themselves […]
- 2015, Matthew Quest, "George L. Mosse: Unconventional Historian", New Historian:
Related terms
References
- Collins Shorter English Dictionary
- Napoleon - a biography by Frank McLynn Pages 209-10, 212, 213, 220,221,222,224,233,