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jacobite

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Noun

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Jac=o=bite

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun jacobite has 1 sense

jacobite(n = noun.person) - a supporter of James II after he was overthrown or a supporter of the Stuarts;

CIDE DICTIONARY

jacobite, prop. n. [L. Jacobus James: cf. F. Jacobite. See 2d Jack.].

A partisan or adherent of James the Second, after his abdication, or of his descendants, an opposer of the revolution in 1688 in favor of William and Mary. Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
One of the sect of Syrian Monophysites. The sect is named after Jacob Baradæus, its leader in the sixth century. [1913 Webster]

jacobite, prop. a.

Of or pertaining to the Jacobites.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

jacobite, n. hist. a supporter of James II of England after his removal from the throne in 1688, or of the Stuarts.

Derivative

Jacobitical adj. Jacobitism n.

Etymology

L Jacobus James: see JACOBEAN

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