Jacobin

C2 Topic:Culture & History

US /ˈdʒækəbɪn/ UK /ˈdʒækəbɪn/ See IPA manual

Freq #86617

Meanings

1

noun
a member or supporter of the radical Jacobin Club during the French Revolution, or by extension a radical political reformer

The pamphlet accused its author of being a Jacobin who wished to overturn the monarchy.
2

adj
relating to the Jacobin Club or to radical revolutionary politics

The government feared that Jacobin ideas would spread across the border.
3

noun
a fancy domestic pigeon breed distinguished by a hood of reversed feathers around the head and neck

The Jacobin's feathered hood rose around its head like a cowl.
4

noun
a hummingbird of the genus Florisuga

A white-necked Jacobin hovered near the flowering tree.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a member or supporter of... French revolutionaryradical

2 adj · relating to the jacobin... revolutionary radical

3 noun · a fancy domestic pigeon... Jacobin pigeonJacobine

4 noun · a hummingbird of the genus... Florisuga

Opposites

royalistcounterrevolutionary

Word family

Derived forms JacobinismJacobinical

Related forms DominicanFrench RevolutionpigeonFlorisuga

Etymology

From French jacobin, originally a Dominican friar associated with the order's house on the Rue Saint-Jacques in Paris. The revolutionary club took its name from the former Dominican convent where it met. The pigeon was named for its feather hood, likened to a friar's cowl; the hummingbird name makes a similar visual comparison.

Topics

Culture & History

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# Jacobin

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈdʒækəbɪn/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈdʒækəbɪn/
**Frequency rank:** 86617

## Meanings
1. a member or supporter of the radical Jacobin Club during the French Revolution, or by extension a radical political reformer
2. relating to the Jacobin Club or to radical revolutionary politics
3. a fancy domestic pigeon breed distinguished by a hood of reversed feathers around the head and neck
4. a hummingbird of the genus Florisuga

## Examples
- The pamphlet accused its author of being a Jacobin who wished to overturn the monarchy.
- The government feared that Jacobin ideas would spread across the border.
- The Jacobin's feathered hood rose around its head like a cowl.
- A white-necked Jacobin hovered near the flowering tree.

## Synonyms
- French revolutionary
- radical
- Jacobin pigeon
- Jacobine

## Antonyms
- royalist
- counterrevolutionary

## Derived Forms
- Jacobinism
- Jacobinical

## Related Forms
- Dominican
- French Revolution
- pigeon
- Florisuga

## Etymology
From French jacobin, originally a Dominican friar associated with the order's house on the Rue Saint-Jacques in Paris. The revolutionary club took its name from the former Dominican convent where it met. The pigeon was named for its feather hood, likened to a friar's cowl; the hummingbird name makes a similar visual comparison.

## Topics
- Culture & History

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