Brazilian Portugese Meaning of jacobin

Jacobino

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Definitions and Meaning of jacobin in English

Wordnet

jacobin (n)

a member of the radical movement that instituted the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution

Webster

jacobin (n.)

A Dominican friar; -- so named because, before the French Revolution, that order had a convent in the Rue St. Jacques, Paris.

One of a society of violent agitators in France, during the revolution of 1789, who held secret meetings in the convent in the Rue St. Jacques, Paris, and concerted measures to control the proceedings of the National Assembly. Hence: A plotter against an existing government; a turbulent demagogue.

A fancy pigeon, in which the feathers of the neck form a hood, -- whence the name. The wings and tail are long, and the beak moderately short.

Webster

jacobin (a.)

Same as Jacobinic.

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Jacobino

a member of the radical movement that instituted the Reign of Terror during the French RevolutionA Dominican friar; -- so named because, before the French Revol

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jacobian => Jacobiana, jacobi => Jacobi, jacobean lily => Lírio de São Tiago, jacobean => jacobino, jacobaean lily => Lírio jacobino,