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plural Jacobins
(dated) A Dominican friar (because their first house in Paris was near the church of Saint-Jacques). examples
A member of a radical French political club founded (at an old Jacobin convent) in 1789 and one of the driving forces of the French Revolution. quotations examples
The Jacobins acted as a left-of-centre parliamentary pressure group, spending much of their time in coordinating the following day's business in the Assembly.
2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, pages 429–30
(by extension) A political radical. examples
A breed of domestic pigeon (known for its feathered hood over its head). examples
not comparable
Of, or related to the radical French political club that was a driving force of the French Revolution. examples
(by extension) Politically radical. quotations examples
[…] Mosse argued the most fascist and totalitarian in particular but also radical Jacobin regimes, continued to have an investment in not merely disciplining human bodies but harnessing their sense of glory toward worshiping themselves […]
2015, Matthew Quest, "George L. Mosse: Unconventional Historian", New Historian