jacobin
IPA: dʒˈækʌbʌn
Root Word: Jacobin
noun
- (dated) A Dominican friar (because their first house in Paris was near the church of Saint-Jacques).
- 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.
- (by extension) A political radical.
- A breed of domestic pigeon (known for its feathered hood over its head).
- Any hummingbird in the genus Florisuga.
adjective
- Of, or related to the radical French political club that was a driving force of the French Revolution.
- (by extension) Politically radical.
Examples of "jacobin" in Sentences
- Jacobin, for example, leaves a lot to be desired.
- Variants include totalitarian democracy and Jacobin democracy.
- It seemed a bit far afield for a section on the Jacobin novel.
- He was a pro Jacobin of that time, and identified as a Radical.
- Second, the neo Jacobin and crusading nature of some liberalism.
- This piece was included in the last periodical of the Anti Jacobin.
- The book is a blatantly direct attack on Godwin and the Jacobin novel.
- There was a student essay that was posted into Jacobin almost a year ago.
- The Jacobins were dispossessed of the municipality and Chalier was arrested.
- The editors strongly admired the principles of Robespierre and the Jacobins.