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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
Jac′o•bin′ic, Jac′o•bin′i•cal, adj. Jac′o•bin•ism, n. |