SINCE 1828
Jacobin
noun
Jac·o·bin
| \ ˈja-kə-bən
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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
Other Words from Jacobin
Jacobinic
\ ˌja-kə-ˈbi-nik
\
or Jacobinical \ ˌja-kə-ˈbi-ni-kəl
\
adjective
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or Jacobinical \ ˌja-kə-ˈbi-ni-kəl
\
adjective
Jacobinism
\ ˈja-kə-bə-ˌni-zəm
\
noun
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noun
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