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Jacobin - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Jacobin : (noun)
1: a member of the radical movement that instituted the Reign
of Terror during the French Revolution [syn: Jacobin]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Jacobin : \Jac"o*bin\, a.
Same as Jacobinic.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Jacobin : \Jac"o*bin\, n. [F. See 2d Jack, Jacobite.]
1. (Eccl. Hist.) A Dominican friar; -- so named because,
before the French Revolution, that order had a convent in
the Rue St. Jacques, Paris.
2. 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. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Black friar \Black" fri`ar\ (Eccl.)
A friar of the Dominican order; -- called also predicant
and preaching friar; in France, Jacobin. Also, sometimes,
a Benedictine.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Jacobin |
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LawrenceMills: @AxnReAxn If you weren't 'republican enough' you were exiled or guillotined. It only really ended when Robespierre + the Jacobin were |
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Codexian: @montebourg la France est un état Jacobin qui depuis une dizaine d'année se décharge de toutes ces responsabilitées sur les départements |
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juderivera: I admit to indulging in schadenfreude knowing that Robespierre met his end at the guillotine. If only ever Jacobin met the same fate. |
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