Meaning of JACOBITE
| Pronunciation: | | 'jaku`bIt
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| | Definition: | | [n] a supporter of James II after he was overthrown or a supporter of the Stuarts |
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| | See Also: | | admirer, booster, champion, friend, protagonist, supporter | |
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\Jac"o*bite\, n. [L. Jacobus James: cf. F. Jacobite.
See 2d {Jack}.]
1. (Eng. Hist.) 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.
2. (Eccl.) One of the sect of Syrian Monophysites. The sect
is named after Jacob Barad[ae]us, its leader in the sixth
century.
\Jac"o*bite\, a.
Of or pertaining to the Jacobites.
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