ALL meanings of jacobin
Jac·o·bin
J j - noun jacobin (in the French Revolution) a member of a radical society or club of revolutionaries that promoted the Reign of Terror and other extreme measures, active chiefly from 1789 to 1794: so called from the Dominican convent in Paris, where they originally met. 1
- noun jacobin an extreme radical, especially in politics. 1
- noun jacobin a Dominican friar. 1
- noun jacobin (lowercase) one of a fancy breed of domestic pigeons having neck feathers that hang over the head like a hood. 1
- noun jacobin a member of the most radical club founded during the French Revolution, which overthrew the Girondists in 1793 and, led by Robespierre, instituted the Reign of Terror 0
- noun jacobin a leftist or extreme political radical 0
- noun jacobin a French Dominican friar 0
- noun jacobin a variety of fancy pigeon with a hood of feathers swept up over and around the head 0
- adjective jacobin of, characteristic of, or relating to the Jacobins or their policies 0
- noun jacobin a French Dominican friar: the Dominicans were established in a convent at the Church of St. Jacques in Paris 0
- noun jacobin any member of a society of radical democrats in France during the Revolution of 1789: their meetings were held in the Jacobin friars' convent 0
- noun jacobin an extreme political radical 0
- adjective jacobin of the Jacobins or their policies 0
- noun jacobin A member of a radical French political club founded (at an old Jacobin convent) in 1789 and one of the driving forces of the French Revolution. 0
- noun jacobin (by extension) A political radical. 0
- noun jacobin A breed of domestic pigeon (known for its feathered hood over its head). 0
- adjective jacobin Of, or related to the radical French political club that was a driving force of the French Revolution. 0
- adjective jacobin (by extension) Politically radical. 0