Main Entry:

Jac·o·bin

Pronunciation:

\ˈja-kə-bən\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Middle English, from Anglo-French jacopin, from Medieval Latin Jacobinus, from Late Latin Jacobus (St. James); from the location of the first Dominican convent in the street of St. James, Paris

Date:

14th century

1: dominican2 [French, from Jacobin Dominican; from the group's founding in the Dominican convent in Paris] : a member of an extremist or radical political group ; especially : a member of such a group advocating egalitarian democracy and engaging in terrorist activities during the French Revolution of 1789

— Jac·o·bin·ic \ˌja-kə-ˈbi-nik\ or Jac·o·bin·i·cal \-ni-kəl\ adjective

— Jac·o·bin·ism \ˈja-kə-bə-ˌni-zəm\ noun