jacquerie

English

WOTD – 24 May 2011

Alternative forms

• Jacquerie

Etymology

From the Jacquerie uprising of French peasants in 1358, from Jacques (a derogatory nickname for peasants) + -erie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒaˈkɹi/, /ˈʒak(ə)ɹi/

Noun

jacquerie (plural jacqueries)

1. A violent revolt by peasants.
   • 1911, Saki, ‘The Stampeding of Lady Bastable’, The Chronicles of Clovis:

     A jacquerie, even if carried out with the most respectful of intentions, cannot fail to leave some traces of embarrassment behind it.

   • 1951, Isaac Asimov, Foundation (1974 Panther Books Ltd publication), part V: “The Merchant Princes”, chapter 18, page 185, ¶ 9:

     “Is that what you’re setting your hopes on, man? What do you expect? A housewives’ rebellion? A Jacquerie?[”]

   • 1986, G Krishnan-Kutty, Peasantry in India, p. 71:

     Whenever a jacquerie occurred, the authorities looked "upon it as a revolt of the underdog against his native oppressor."

   • 1996, Orlando Figes, A People's Tragedy, Folio Society 2013, p. 207:

     Nearly three thousand manors were destroyed (15 per cent of the total) during the Jacquerie of 1905-6.

Translations

a violent revolt by peasants

• Catalan: germania f
• Finnish: talonpoikaiskapina, (in the history of France) jacquerie (fi)
• Portuguese: jaqueria f
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• Romanian: jacquerie (ro) f
• Russian: крестьянское восста́ние (krestʹjanskoje vosstánije), жакерия (žakerija)
• Swedish: bondeuppror

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French

Etymology

From Jacquerie, from Jacques (a derogatory nickname for peasants) +‎ -erie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒa.kʁi/

Noun

jacquerie f (plural jacqueries)

1. commoners' revolt, jacquerie

Further reading

• “jacquerie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.