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Jacobin

[ jak-uh-bin ]

noun

  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: so called from the Dominican convent in Paris, where they originally met.
  2. an extreme radical, especially in politics.
  3. a Dominican friar.
  4. (lowercase) one of a fancy breed of domestic pigeons having neck feathers that hang over the head like a hood.


Jacobin

/ ˈæəɪ /

noun

  1. a member of the most radical club founded during the French Revolution, which overthrew the Girondists in 1793 and, led by Robespierre, instituted the Reign of Terror
  2. a leftist or extreme political radical
  3. a French Dominican friar
  4. sometimes not capital a variety of fancy pigeon with a hood of feathers swept up over and around the head
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of, characteristic of, or relating to the Jacobins or their policies
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈDzԾ, noun
  • ˌˈԾ, adverb
  • ˌˈԾ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • o·i o·i· adjective
  • o·· noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Jacobin1

1275–1325; Middle English Jacobin < Old French ( frere ) jacobin < Medieval Latin ( frater ) ōԳܲ. See Jacob, -in 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Jacobin1

C14: from Old French, from Medieval Latin ōīԳܲ, from Late Latin ōܲ James; applied to the Dominicans, from the proximity of the church of St Jacques (St James) to their first convent in Paris; the political club originally met in the convent in 1789
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Trying to gain a better perspective, I have repeatedly returned to physician Gabor Mate’s 2022 interview at Jacobin:

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In that respect, argues policy analyst Matt Bruenig in Jacobin, the Harris plan falls short by by funneling public money into the for-profit housing market, offering only temporary affordability to working and middle-class Americans.

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The currency was primarily supported by a political group known as the Jacobins, a party whose power waned throughout the revolution.

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Robin sees darker currents in a Burke who understood Jacobin violence as implicit in every attempt at political reform.

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Jacobin, a socialist magazine, noted that the Servant Foundation has donated $50m to the Alliance Defending Freedom, an organisation that is designated as an anti-LGBT hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

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