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jack-booted

jack-booted is the alternative form of jackbooted.

jack-booted is the simple past and past participle of jack-boot.

Meaning of jackbooted

Adjective

jackbooted (not comparable)

  1. Wearing jackboots.
    • a jackbooted thug
  2. (figuratively) Authoritarian or oppressive, especially in a cruel or violent manner.
    • [T]his discourse is highly reminiscent of anticommunist rhetoric [...] emphasizing the totalitarian, jackbooted character of the enemy.1997, Didi Herman, “Representing Homosexuality and Its Agenda”, in The Antigay Agenda: Orthodox Vision and the Christian Right, Chicago, Ill.; London: University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 90

Forms of jack-booted

comparativemore jack-booted
superlativemost jack-booted

Questions about jack-booted

What is jack-booted the alternative form of?
Jack-booted is the alternative form of jackbooted.

Words near jack-booted in the dictionary

  1. jack-ball
  2. jack-balls
  3. jack-bean
  4. jack-beans
  5. jack-boot
  6. jack-booted
  7. jack-booting
  8. jack-boots
  9. jack-boy
  10. jack-boys
  11. jack-by-the-hedge

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