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Jacobin

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noun Jac·o·bin \ ˈja-kə-bən \

Definition of Jacobin

1 :dominican
2
[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
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Jacobinic

play \ˌja-kə-ˈbi-nik\ or Jacobinical play \ˌja-kə-ˈbi-ni-kəl\ adjective
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Jacobinism

play \ˈja-kə-bə-ˌni-zəm\ noun

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Origin and Etymology of jacobin

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

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