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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Jac•o•bin ( jak′ə bin),USA pronunciation n. - World History(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.
- World Historyan extreme radical, esp. in politics.
- Religiona Dominican friar.
- (l.c.) one of a fancy breed of domestic pigeons having neck feathers that hang over the head like a hood.
- Medieval Latin (frater) Jacōbinus. See Jacob, -in1
- Old French (frere) jacobin
- Middle English Jacobin 1275–1325
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Jacobin /ˈdʒækəbɪn/ n - 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
- a leftist or extreme political radical
- a French Dominican friar
adj - of, characteristic of, or relating to the Jacobins or their policies
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French, from Medieval Latin Jacōbīnus, from Late Latin Jacōbus 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 1789ˌJacoˈbinic, ˌJacoˈbinical adj ˈJacobinism n |