jacobin — jacobin, ine [ ʒakɔbɛ̃, in ] n. • XIIIe; du bas lat. Jacobus « Jacques », l hospice des pèlerins pour Saint Jacques de Compostelle ayant été confié à ces religieux 1 ♦ N. m. Vx Dominicain. 2 ♦ N. m. (1790) Hist. Membre d une société politique… … Encyclopédie Universelle
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Jacobin — Jac o*bin (j[a^]k [ o]*b[i^]n), n. [F. See 2d {Jack}, {Jacobite}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Eccl. Hist.) A Dominican friar; so named because, before the French Revolution, that order had a convent in the Rue St. Jacques, Paris. [1913 Webster] 2. One of … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Jacobin — Jac·o·bin || dʒækəʊbɪn n. member of the radical Jacobin party in during the French Revolution; radical, revolutionary, extremist; Dominican friar; type of domestic pigeon adj. of the Jacobins of the French Revolution; radical, extreme; of… … English contemporary dictionary
Jacobin — [ dʒakəbɪn] noun 1》 historical a member of a radical democratic club established in Paris in 1789, in the wake of the French Revolution. 2》 an extreme political radical. 3》 chiefly historical a Dominican friar. 4》 (jacobin) a pigeon of a breed… … English new terms dictionary
Jacobin — n. 1 a hist. a member of a radical democratic club established in Paris in 1789 in the old convent of the Jacobins (see sense 2). b any extreme radical. 2 archaic a Dominican friar. 3 (jacobin) a pigeon with reversed feathers on the back of its… … Useful english dictionary
Jacobin — /ˈdʒækəbən/ (say jakuhbuhn) noun 1. a Dominican friar. 2. a member of a famous club or society of French revolutionaries organised in 1789, so called from the Dominican convent in Paris in which they met. They developed clubs throughout France… …
List of pigeon breeds — This is an alphabetical list of pigeon breeds. Pigeons and doves are members of the bird family Columbidae. Doves tend to be smaller birds and pigeons larger ones, although this distinction is not consistently applied. The birds listed here are… … Wikipedia
Fancy pigeon — Fancy pigeons are domesticated varieties of the Rock Pigeon ( Columba livia ). They are bred by pigeon fanciers for various traits relating to size, shape, color, and behavior.cite book |last=Levi |first=Wendell |title= The Pigeon|year=… … Wikipedia
Nun (pigeon) — Nun Conservation Status Common Other names Dutch Shell Pigeon … Wikipedia
