jacobin
/ˈd͡ʒæk.ə.bɪn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.41 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A sympathizer or supposed sympathizer with the French political club or its aims of democracy and social equality.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of jacobin, various birds.
adj
Of or related to the Jacobin Club in France.
adj
Of or related to the radical left in other contexts.
Example Sentences
- "The Jacobins acted as a left-of-centre parliamentary pressure group, spending much of their time in coordinating the following day's business in the Assembly."
- "[…] Mosse argued the most fascist and totalitarian in particular but also radical Jacobin regimes, continued to have an investment in not merely disciplining human bodies but harnessing their sense of glory toward worshiping themselves […]"
Etymology
From Middle English Jacobin, from Old French jacobin, from Latin Jācōbīnus, from Latin Jācōbus (“James, Jacob, etc.”) + -īnus (“-ine: forming adjectives”), from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Ya'akóv), q.v. In reference to the Dominican Order, from the proximity of their 1218 chapel and chapter house in Paris to the city's Porte Saint-Jacques, whose road formed an extension of the Way of St. James running to Santiago de Compostela, Spain. In reference to the Jacobin Club, from its 1789 founding at the former Dominican convent. In reference to the Syrian church, from Jacob bar Addai, bishop of Edessa during the mid-6th century.
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Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈd͡ʒæk.ə.bɪn/
- British English: /ˈd͡ʒak.ə.bɪn/
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Phrases
anti-Jacobin
Jacobin cuckoo