Jac·que·rie (zhä-kr  )n. 1. The uprising of the French peasants against the nobility in 1358. 2. jacquerie A peasant revolt, especially a very bloody one. [French, from Old French jacquerie, peasantry, from jacques, peasant; see jacket.] |
Jacquerie French [ʒakri]
n
(Historical Terms) the revolt of the N French peasants against the nobility in 1358
[from Old French: the peasantry, from jacque a peasant, from Jacques James, from Late Latin Jacōbus]
jacquerie
a revolt of peasants against the social classes above them.
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