Definition of Jacobins

1. Noun. (plural of Jacobin) ¹

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Definition of Jacobins

1. jacobin [n] - See also: jacobin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jacobins

jackstones
jackstraw
jackstraws
jacksy
jacktar
jacktars
jackwood
jacky
jacobaean
jacobaean lily
jacobin
jacobinize
jacobinized
jacobinizes
jacobinizing
jacobins
jacobite
jacobsite
jacobsites
jacobus
jacobuses
jaconet
jaconets
jacquard
jacquards
jacqueminot
jacqueminots
jacquerie
jacqueries
jacquesdietrichite

Literary usage of Jacobins

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the French Revolution by Adolphe Thiers, Frederic Shoberl (1866)
"The Jacobins returned with some prisoners whom they had taken ; the young men ... Several messengers from the Jacobins had brought word to the committee of ..."

2. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"Jacobins Immediately now broke out the fierce war betwixt the Mountain and ... In common with the Jacobins, the Girondists had warred upon royalty to its ..."

3. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1909)
"Jacobins Immediately now broke out the fierce war betwixt the Mountain and ... In common with the Jacobins, the Girondists had warred upon royalty to its ..."

4. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1895)
"The Jacobins (as since called) yielded to the Feuillants & tried the ... The Jacobins saw this, and that the expunging that officer was of absolute ..."

5. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1895)
"The Jacobins (as since called) yielded to the Feuillants & tried the ... The Jacobins saw this, and that the expunging that officer was of absolute ..."

6. The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French: With a Preliminary by Walter Scott (1827)
"In like manner, the Jacobins,—who had now full possession of the passions and confidence of the lower orders in France, as well as of all those spirits ..."

7. The Jeffersonian Cyclopedia: A Comprehensive Collection of the Views of by Thomas Jefferson (1900)
"Jacobins, Battle for liberty.— in the struggle which was necessary, many guilty persons fell without the forms of tria' and with them some innocent. ..."

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