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Jacobite

Jacobite Meaning & Definition
Jacobite Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Jacobite?

[n] a supporter of James II after he was overthrown or a supporter of the Stuarts

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See Also | admirer | booster | champion | friend | protagonist | supporter

Jacobite In Webster's Dictionary

\Jac"o*bite\, n. [L. Jacobus James: cf. F. Jacobite. See 2d {Jack}.] 1. (Eng. Hist.) A partisan or adherent of James the Second, after his abdication, or of his descendants, an opposer of the revolution in 1688 in favor of William and Mary. --Macaulay. 2. (Eccl.) One of the sect of Syrian Monophysites. The sect is named after Jacob Barad[ae]us, its leader in the sixth century.
\Jac"o*bite\, a. Of or pertaining to the Jacobites.

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