From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Jacobin \Jac"o*bin\ (j[a^]k"[-o]*b[i^]n), n. [F. See 2d {Jack},
{Jacobite}.]
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1. (Eccl. Hist.) A Dominican friar; -- so named because,
before the French Revolution, that order had a convent in
the Rue St. Jacques, Paris.
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2. One of a society of violent agitators in France, during
the revolution of 1789, who held secret meetings in the
Jacobin convent in the Rue St. Jacques, Paris, and
concerted measures to control the proceedings of the
National Assembly. Hence: A plotter against an existing
government; a turbulent demagogue.
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3. (Zool.) A fancy pigeon, in which the feathers of the neck
form a hood, -- whence the name. The wings and tail are
long, and the beak moderately short.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Jacobin \Jac"o*bin\, a.
Same as {Jacobinic}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Blackfriar \Black"fri`ar\, Black friar \Black"
fri`ar\(bl[a^]k"fr[imac]`[~e]r). (Eccl.)
A friar of the Dominican order, so named because wearing the
black mantle of the Dominicans; -- called also {predicant}
and {preaching friar}; in France, {Jacobin}. Also, sometimes,
a Benedictine.
Syn: Dominican.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jacobin
n 1: a member of the radical movement that instituted the Reign
of Terror during the French Revolution
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