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antijacobin

antijacobin noun: a political opponent of the Jacobins.

Noun

antijacobin (plural antijacobins)

  1. (historical) A 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

Forms of antijacobin

pluralantijacobins
alternative formanti-jacobin
alternative formanti-Jacobin

Origin of antijacobin

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

Questions about antijacobin

What does antijacobin mean?
Antijacobin means a political opponent of the Jacobins.
What part of speech is antijacobin?
Antijacobin is a noun.
What is the plural of antijacobin?
The plural of antijacobin is antijacobins.

Words near antijacobin in the dictionary

  1. antiinvasive
  2. antiischaemic
  3. antiischemic
  4. antiitch
  5. antijackknife
  6. antijacobin
  7. antijacobins
  8. antijam
  9. antijamming
  10. antijapanese
  11. antijihadist

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