Jacobin (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. (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.
  2. an extreme radical, especially in politics.
  3. a Dominican friar.
  4. one of a fancy breed of domestic pigeons having neck feathers that hang over the head like a hood.
noun
  1. 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
  2. a leftist or extreme political radical
  3. a French Dominican friar
  4. a variety of fancy pigeon with a hood of feathers swept up over and around the head
adjective
  1. of, characteristic of, or relating to the Jacobins or their policies
Jacobin (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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