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1. (n.) Jacobin
(in the French Revolution) a member of a radical political club that instituted the Reign of Terror.
2. Jacobin
an extreme radical, esp. in politics.
3. Jacobin
a Dominican friar.
Etymology: (1275–1325; (def.
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1. (noun) Jacobin
a member of the radical movement that instituted the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution
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1. (adj) jacobin
same as Jacobinic
2. (noun) jacobin
a Dominican friar; -- so named because, before the French Revolution, that order had a convent in the Rue St. Jacques, Paris
3. (noun) jacobin
one of a society of violent agitators in France, during the revolution of 1789, who held secret meetings in the Jacobin convent in the Rue St. Jacques, Paris, and concerted measures to control the proceedings of the National Assembly. Hence: A plotter against an existing government; a turbulent demagogue
4. (noun) jacobin
a fancy pigeon, in which the feathers of the neck form a hood, -- whence the name. The wings and tail are long, and the beak moderately short
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