Jacobin
/ˈdʒækəbɪn/noun
1
- historical a member of a democratic club established in Paris in 1789. The Jacobins were the most radical and ruthless of the political groups formed in the wake of the French Revolution, and in association with Robespierre they instituted the Terror of 1793-4.〈史〉雅各宾党人（1789年设立于巴黎的民主组织成员; 雅各宾党是形成于法国大革命时期最激进、最残忍的政治团体, 他们与罗伯斯比尔一起实行了1793-1794年的恐怖统治）。
1.1
- an extreme political radical极端的政治激进分子。
2
- chiefly historical a Dominican friar〈主史〉多明尼教派的修道士。
3
Jacobin
a pigeon of a breed with reversed feathers on the back of its neck like a cowl毛领鸽。
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Jacobin
a mainly green Central and South American hummingbird, with blue feathers on the head白颈蜂鸟, 黑蜂鸟。
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- Florisuga mellivora and Melanotrichilus fuscus, family Trochilidae.拉丁名Florisuga mellivora 和Melanotrichilus fuscus, 蜂鸟科。
派生词
Jacobinic
adjectiveJacobinical
adjectiveJacobinism
noun词源
Middle English (in sense 2)： from Old French, from medieval Latin Jacobinus, from ecclesiastical Latin Jacobus 'James' . The term was applied to the Dominicans in Old French from their church in Paris, St Jacques, near which they built their first convent; the latter eventually became the headquarters of the French revolutionary group.