antijacobin

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noun

A political opponent of the Jacobins.

OriginFrench antijacobin →
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Meanings

nounantijacobin (plural antijacobins)

plural antijacobins · alternative anti-jacobin · alternative anti-Jacobin

  1. historicalA political opponent of the Jacobins.

    For Pantisocracy he once had cried Aloud, a scheme less moral than ’twas clever— Then turned a hearty Antijacobin— Had turned his coat—& would have turned his skin.

    1822, Lord Byron, The Vision of Judgement, stanza 97

Origin

  1. Frenchantijacobin
  2. Englishantijacobin

From anti- + Jacobin, after the model of earlier French antijacobin.

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Translations

Portuguese antijacobino
  • antijacobinoa political opponent of the Jacobins
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