Meanings
plural jacqueries · alternative Jacquerie
- A revolt organized by peasants, typically violent.
Nearly three thousand manors were destroyed (15 per cent of the total) during the Jacquerie of 1905-6.
1996, Orlando Figes, A People's Tragedy, Folio Society, published 2013, page 2073 more examples
A jacquerie, even if carried out with the most respectful of intentions, cannot fail to leave some traces of embarrassment behind it.
1911, Saki, “The Stampeding of Lady Bastable”, in The Chronicles of Clovis“Is that what you’re setting your hopes on, man? What do you expect? A housewives’ rebellion? A Jacquerie?[”]
1951, Isaac Asimov, chapter 18, in Foundation, Panther Books Ltd publication, published 1974, part V: “The Merchant Princes”, page 185Whenever a jacquerie occurred, the authorities looked "upon it as a revolt of the underdog against his native oppressor."
1986, G Krishnan-Kutty, Peasantry in India, page 71
Origin
- Frenchjacquerie
- Frenchjacquerie
- Englishjacquerie
Borrowed from French jacquerie, from Jacquerie (derogatory nickname for peasants, literally “James”) + -erie. First attested in the early 1500s. In reference to the Jacquerie uprising of 1358 during the Hundred Years' War.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan germania
- germaniapeasant revolt
Chinese Mandarin 農民起義 /农民起义
- 農民起義 /农民起义 (nóngmín qǐyì)peasant revolt
Finnish talonpoikaiskapina, jacquerie
- talonpoikaiskapinapeasant revolt
- jacqueriepeasant revolt
French jacquerie
- jacqueriepeasant revolt
Hungarian parasztlázadás, parasztfelkelés
- parasztlázadáspeasant revolt
- parasztfelkeléspeasant revolt
Polish żakeria, powstanie chłopskie
- żakeriapeasant revolt
- powstanie chłopskiepeasant revolt
- rewolta chłopskapeasant revolt
Portuguese jaqueria
- jaqueriapeasant revolt
Romanian jacquerie
- jacqueriepeasant revolt
Russian жакери́я, крестья́нское восста́ние
- жакери́я (žakeríja)peasant revolt
- крестья́нское восста́ние (krestʹjánskoje vosstánije)peasant revolt
Swedish bondeuppror
- bondeupprorpeasant revolt
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with jacquerie
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