jacobin — meaning in English
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English meaning
- jacobin noun Synonym of Dominican, a member of the Dominican Order, particularly its French chapter.
Senses
jacobin is used for these senses in English:
- jacobin A domestic pigeon (Columba livia domestica) with reversed feathers on its neck.
jacobin — full definition
- noun Synonym of Dominican, a member of the Dominican Order, particularly its French chapter.
- noun A member of the Jacobin Club, a radical political club prominent during the French Revolution.
- noun A sympathizer or supposed sympathizer with the French political club or its aims of democracy and social equality.
- noun A leftist radical in other contexts.