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Jacobite

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Jac·o·bite  (jk-bt)
n.
A supporter of James II of England or of the Stuart pretenders after 1688.
[From Latin Iacbus, James; see Jacob.]
Jaco·biti·cal (-bt-kl) adj.
Jaco·bit·ism (-b-tzm) n.
Jacobite [ˈdʒækəˌbaɪt]
n
1. (Historical Terms) Brit History an adherent of James II (1633-1701, king of England, Ireland, and, as James VII, of Scotland, 1685-88) after his overthrow in 1688, or of his descendants in their attempts to regain the throne
2. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) a member of the Monophysite Church of Syria, which became a schismatic church in 451 a.d
[from Late Latin Jacōbus James + -ite1]
Jacobitic  [ˌdʒækəˈbɪtɪk] adj
Jacobitism  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Jacobite - a supporter of James II after he was overthrown or a supporter of the Stuarts
admirer, booster, protagonist, supporter, champion, friend - a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"
Translations
Jacobite [ˈdʒækəbaɪt]
A. ADJ → jacobita
B. N → jacobita mf
Jacobite
n → Jakobit(in) m(f)


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He threw himself into the struggle of party, first as a Whig, then as a Tory; but as a friend said of him later, "He was neither Whig nor Tory, neither Jacobite nor Republican.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
For, to inform the reader of a secret, which he had no proper opportunity of revealing before, Partridge was in truth a Jacobite, and had concluded that Jones was of the same party, and was now proceeding to join the rebels.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
It is true that his nature was extremely conservative; that after a brief period of youthful free thinking he was fanatically loyal to the national Church and to the king (though theoretically he was a Jacobite, a supporter of the supplanted Stuarts as against the reigning House of Hanover); and that in conversation he was likely to roar down or scowl down all innovators and their defenders or silence them with such observations as, 'Sir, I perceive you are a vile Whig.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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