Definitions for jacobiteˈdʒæk əˌbaɪt
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Jac•o•biteˈdʒæk əˌbaɪt(n.)
a partisan of James II of England after his overthrow in 1688, or of the Stuarts.
Category: Western History
Origin of Jacobite:
1689; see Jacobean,-ite1
Jac′o•bit•ism(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
Jacobite(noun)
a supporter of James II after he was overthrown or a supporter of the Stuarts
Wiktionary
Jacobite(Noun)
A supporter of the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England and Scotland in the late 17th century
Origin: Jacobus, James
Webster Dictionary
Jacobite(noun)
a partisan or adherent of James the Second, after his abdication, or of his descendants, an opposer of the revolution in 1688 in favor of William and Mary
Jacobite(noun)
one of the sect of Syrian Monophysites. The sect is named after Jacob Baradaeus, its leader in the sixth century
Jacobite(adj)
of or pertaining to the Jacobites
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