antijacobin
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]antijacobin (plural antijacobins)
- (historical) A political opponent of the Jacobins.
- 1822, Lord Byron, The Vision of Judgement, stanza 97:
- For Pantisocracy he once had cried
Aloud, a scheme less moral than ’twas clever—
Then turned a hearty Antijacobin—
Had turned his coat—& would have turned his skin.
Translations
[edit]a political opponent of the Jacobins
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