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Jack Presbyter

Jack Presbyter proper noun: generic name for a Presbyterian minister.

Proper noun

Jack Presbyter

  1. (derogatory, historical) Generic name for a Presbyterian minister.
    • Their Synod now ſits in great feare, and ſo does Iack Presbyter, / That we ſhall have a King againe, and once more ſee a Miter: […][1647], The II. Members Justification, [London]: [s.n.]
    • The harmleſs Nettle now has loſt its Sting, JACK Preſbyter can cry, God ſave the King.[1709], [attributed to William Plaxton], The Yorkshire-Racers. A Poem. In a Letter from H[enry] S[ingle]ton, to His Friend T[om] P[ulle]n. […], London: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 22

Examples of Jack Presbyter in a sentence

  • In fact, the picture represents Presbyterianism—Jack Presbyter—holding the young king’s nose to the grindstone, which is turned by the Scots, personified as Jocky.1864, Thomas Wright, “History of Caricature and of Grotesque in Art”, in The Art-Journal, London: James S[prent] Virtue, pages 213–214:
  • Tories even appropriated the anti-Catholic calendar, burning effigies of Jack Presbyter on 5 November 1681.1989, Tim Harris, “London Crowds and the Revolution of 1688”, in Eveline Cruickshanks, editor, By Force or by Default? The Revolution of...

Forms of Jack Presbyter

alternative formPresbyter Jack

Questions about Jack Presbyter

What does Jack Presbyter mean?
Jack Presbyter means generic name for a Presbyterian minister.
How do you use Jack Presbyter in a sentence?
In fact, the picture represents Presbyterianism—Jack Presbyter—holding the young king’s nose to the grindstone, which is turned by the Scots, personified as Jocky.
What part of speech is Jack Presbyter?
Jack Presbyter is a proper noun.

Words near Jack Presbyter in the dictionary

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