jacobin

IPA: dʒˈækʌbʌn

Root Word: Jacobin

(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.

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

He arrived in Paris became a jacobin and was a supporter of Robespierre.
Cheney and his mad neocon jacobin friends are playing a diferent game, tho.
Somehow I can see very few on the jacobin left who would have considered the baby a "life of value".
One message I think Catholic men and women need but will not be forthcoming from the jacobin faction.
Second as many of those who favor the jacobin style democracy, if I don't agree with you then I am guilty f some unpatriotic misstep.
I do not know what jacobin church this fellow goes to but I have never seen a priest who gets uncomfortable to speak his mind on pro-Life issues.
In 1832, the word bousingot formed the interim between the word jacobin, which had become obsolete, and the word demagogue which has since rendered such excellent service.
In consequence, that journal became, and for many years continued, 'anti-ministerial, yet with a very qualified approbation of the opposition, and with far greater earnestness and zeal, both anti-jacobin and anti-gallican.