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jacobin

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Main Entry:
Jac·o·bin Listen to the pronunciation of Jacobin
Pronunciation:
\ˈja-kə-bən\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
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
Date:
14th century
1: dominican2 [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
— Jac·o·bin·ic Listen to the pronunciation of Jacobinic \ˌja-kə-ˈbi-nik\ or Jac·o·bin·i·cal Listen to the pronunciation of Jacobinical \-ni-kəl\ adjective
— Jac·o·bin·ism Listen to the pronunciation of Jacobinism \ˈja-kə-bə-ˌni-zəm\ noun
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