Definitions for Jacobin
ˈdʒæk ə bɪnja·cobin

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Jacobinnoun

   a member of the radical movement that instituted the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution

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1. Jacobinnoun

   A Dominican friar.

2. Jacobinnoun

   A member of a radical French political club founded (at an old Jacobin convent) in 1789 and one of the driving forces of the French Revolution.

3. Jacobinnoun

   By extension, a political radical.

4. Jacobinnoun

   A breed of domestic pigeon (known for its feathered hood over its head).

5. Etymology: From Jacobin, ultimately from Jacobus.

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1. Jacobin

   The Society of the Friends of the Constitution (French: Société des amis de la Constitution), renamed the Society of the Jacobins, Friends of Freedom and Equality (Société des Jacobins, amis de la liberté et de l'égalité) after 1792 and commonly known as the Jacobin Club (Club des Jacobins) or simply the Jacobins (; French: [ʒakɔbɛ̃]), was the most influential political club during the French Revolution of 1789. The period of its political ascendancy includes the Reign of Terror, during which well over 10,000 people were put on trial and executed in France, many for political crimes. Initially founded in 1789 by anti-royalist deputies from Brittany, the club grew into a nationwide republican movement with a membership estimated at a half million or more. The Jacobin Club was heterogeneous and included both prominent parliamentary factions of the early 1790s: The Mountain and the Girondins. In 1792–93, the Girondins were more prominent in leading France when they declared war on Austria and on Prussia, overthrew King Louis XVI, and set up the French First Republic. In May 1793, the leaders of the Mountain faction, led by Maximilien Robespierre, succeeded in sidelining the Girondin faction and controlled the government until July 1794. Their time in government featured high levels of political violence, and for this reason the period of the Jacobin/Mountain government is identified as the Reign of Terror. In October 1793, 21 prominent Girondins were guillotined. The Mountain-dominated government executed 17,000 opponents nationwide as a way to suppress the Vendée insurrection and the Federalist revolts, and to deter recurrences. In July 1794, the National Convention pushed the administration of Robespierre and his allies out of power and had Robespierre and 21 associates executed. In November 1794, the Jacobin Club closed. In the British Empire, Jacobin was linked primarily to The Mountain of the French Revolutionary governments and was popular among the established and entrepreneurial classes as a pejorative to deride radical left-wing revolutionary politics, especially when they exhibit dogmatism and violent repression. In Britain, the term faintly echoed negative connotations of Jacobitism, the pro-Catholic, monarchist, rarely insurrectional political movement that faded out decades earlier tied to deposed King James II and VII and his descendants. Jacobin reached obsolescence and supersedence before the Russian Revolution, when the terms (Radical) Marxism, anarchism, socialism, and communism had overtaken it. In France, Jacobin now generally leans towards moderate authoritarianism, more equal formal rights, and centralization. It can, similarly, denote supporters of extensive government intervention to transform society. It is unabashedly used by proponents of a state education system that strongly promotes and inculcates civic values. It is more controversially, and less squarely, used by or for proponents of a strong nation-state capable of resisting undesirable foreign interference.

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1. jacobin

   A Jacobin historically refers to a member of a radical political group during the French Revolution who advocated for liberty, democracy, and sometimes using violence to achieve their goals. The term is derived from the Club des Jacobins in Paris, which was an influential political group during the Revolution. In general, Jacobin can also refer to someone with radical political beliefs who supports extreme changes, often resembling those advocated by the Jacobins during the French Revolution.

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1. Jacobinnoun

   a Dominican friar; -- so named because, before the French Revolution, that order had a convent in the Rue St. Jacques, Paris

2. Jacobinnoun

   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

3. Jacobinnoun

   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

4. Jacobinadjective

   same as Jacobinic

5. Etymology: [F. See 2d Jack, Jacobite.]

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1. Jacobin

   A Jacobin is someone who supports a centralized Republic, with power made at the federal level in contemporary usage. At its inception during the French Revolution, the term was popularly applied to all supporters of revolutionary opinions. Specifically, it was used to describe members of the Jacobin Club, a revolutionary, far-left political movement that had been the most famous political club of the French Revolution. The club was so called from the Dominican convent where they originally met, in the Rue Saint-Jacques in Paris.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Jacobin

   jak′o-bin, n. a French Dominican monk, so named from their original establishment being that of St Jacques, Paris: one of a society of revolutionists in France, so called from their meeting in the hall of the Jacobin convent: a demagogue: a hooded pigeon.—adjs. Jacobin′ic, -al.—v.t. Jac′obinise.—n. Jac′obinism, the principles of the Jacobins or French revolutionists. [Fr.,—L. Jacobus, James—Gr. Jacobos—Heb. Ya‛aqōb.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Jacobin in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Jacobin in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Jacobin
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Jacobin
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobin
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Jacobin
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Jacobin
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Jacobin