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

English

Noun

1. A member of the most radical club founded during the French Revolution, which instituted the Reign of Terror.
2. An extreme political radical.
3. A Dominican friar

References

• Collins Shorter English Dictionary
• Napolean - a biography by Frank McLynn Pages 209-10, 212, 213, 220,221,222,224,233,

Jacobin may refer to:

• Jacobin (politics), a person holding extreme revolutionary views
• The Jacobin Club, a political club during the French Revolution
• Jacobin (pigeon), a breed of domestic pigeon
• Dominican Order, also known in France as the Jacobins

See also

• Jacobean era, the reign of James I of England
• Jacobite (disambiguation)
• Jacobitism, support for the House of Stuart

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