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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 beans
  2. Jack Benny
  3. jack block
  4. jack blocks
  5. jack boot
  6. jack booted
  7. jack booting
  8. jack boots
  9. jack boy
  10. jack boys
  11. jack chain

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