ALL meanings of jacobins
Jac·o·bin
J j - noun jacobins (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 jacobins an extreme radical, especially in politics. 1
- noun jacobins a Dominican friar. 1
- noun jacobins (lowercase) one of a fancy breed of domestic pigeons having neck feathers that hang over the head like a hood. 1