Jacobin

adj. of the Jacobins of the French Revolution; radical, extreme; of the order of Dominican friars

n. member of the radical Jacobin party in during the French Revolution; radical, revolutionary, extremist; Dominican friar; type of domestic pigeon

Jacobin may refer to:Jacobin (Jacobin Club), members of the Jacobin Club, a political club of the French RevolutionJacobin (politics), other meaningsDominican Order, also known as the Jacobins in in FranceJacobin (pigeon), a breed of domestic pigeon
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Noun
1. a member of the radical movement that instituted the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution
(hypernym) terrorist

n. Jacobin, member of the radical Jacobin party in during the French Revolution; radical, extremist

(n.)
One of a society of violent agitators in France, during the revolution of 1789, who held secret meetings in the Jacobin convent in the Rue St. Jacques, Paris, and concerted measures to control the proceedings of the National Assembly. Hence: A plotter against an existing government; a turbulent demagogue.
  

(n.)
A fancy pigeon, in which the feathers of the neck form a hood, -- whence the name. The wings and tail are long, and the beak moderately short.
  

(n.)
A Dominican friar; -- so named because, before the French Revolution, that order had a convent in the Rue St. Jacques, Paris.
  

(a.)
Same as Jacobinic.