antijacobin

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anti- +‎ Jacobin

Noun[edit]

antijacobin (plural antijacobins)

  1. (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.

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