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.
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