Jacobin
11Jacobin — Jacobinic, Jacobinical, adj. Jacobinism, n. /jak euh bin/, n. 1. (in the French Revolution) a member of a radical society or club of revolutionaries that promoted the Reign of Terror and other extreme measures, active chiefly from 1789 to 1794:… …
12Jacobin — Jac•o•bin [[t]ˈdʒæk ə bɪn[/t]] n. 1) why (in the French Revolution) a member of a radical political club that instituted the Reign of Terror 2) why an extreme radical, esp. in politics 3) rel a Dominican friar • Etymology: 1275–1325; (def. 3) ME… …
13Jacobin — Blackfriar Blackfriar, Black friar Black fri ar (Eccl.) A friar of the Dominican order, so named becaise wearing wearing the black mantle of the Dominicans; called also {predicant} and {preaching friar}; in France, {Jacobin}. Also, sometimes, a… …
14Jacobin — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French jacopin, from Medieval Latin Jacobinus, from Late Latin Jacobus (Saint James); from the location of the first Dominican convent in the street of Saint James, Paris Date: 14th century 1. Dominican… …
15Jacobin — MITTERRAND (François) Bio express : Homme d État français (1916 1996) «Il existe dans notre pays une solide permanence du bonapartisme où se rencontrent la vocation de la grandeur nationale, tradition monarchique, et la passion… …
16Jacobin — Jac·o·bin || dʒækəʊbɪn n. member of the radical Jacobin party in during the French Revolution; radical, revolutionary, extremist; Dominican friar; type of domestic pigeon adj. of the Jacobins of the French Revolution; radical, extreme; of… …
17Jacobin — [ dʒakəbɪn] noun 1》 historical a member of a radical democratic club established in Paris in 1789, in the wake of the French Revolution. 2》 an extreme political radical. 3》 chiefly historical a Dominican friar. 4》 (jacobin) a pigeon of a breed… …
18jacobin — n. 1. Dominican, predicant, blackfriar, preaching friar, frère prêcheur. 2. Member of the Jacobin Club (radical body in the French Revolution of 1789). 3. Anarchist, red republican, turbulent demagogue …
19Jacobin — n. 1 a hist. a member of a radical democratic club established in Paris in 1789 in the old convent of the Jacobins (see sense 2). b any extreme radical. 2 archaic a Dominican friar. 3 (jacobin) a pigeon with reversed feathers on the back of its… …
20Jacobin novel — Jacobin novels were written between 1780 and 1805 by British radicals who supported the ideals of the French revolution. The term was coined by literary scholar Gary Kelly in The English Jacobin Novel 1780 1805 (1976) but drawn from the title of… …
