Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A supporter of James II of England or of the Stuart pretenders after 1688.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In English history, a partizan or adherent of James II. after he abdicated the throne, or of his descendants.
  • noun Eccles., one of a sect of Christians in Syria, Mesopotamia, etc., originally an offshoot of the Monophysites.
  • Of or pertaining to the partizans of James II. or his descendants; holding the principles of a Jacobite.
  • Of or pertaining to the sect of Jacobites.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to the Jacobites.
  • proper noun (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.
  • proper noun (Eccl.) One of the sect of Syrian Monophysites. The sect is named after Jacob Baradæus, its leader in the sixth century.

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  • noun A supporter of the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England and Scotland in the late 17th century

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a supporter of James II after he was overthrown or a supporter of the Stuarts

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From Latin Iacōbus, James; see Jacob.]

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Latin Jacobus, James

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Examples

  • It's also named for the deposed Catholic king of Great Britain, James II and VII, who inspired what became known as the Jacobite movement.

    Thestar.com - Home Page Josh Rubin 2010

  • Of course, the problem being that people like that lady in the Confederate tee shirt tend to be ignorant yahoos who wouldn’t know a Jacobite from a Jacobin. joe from Lowell says:

    Matthew Yglesias » Pro-Slavery 2010

  • I am, as you know, a piece of that old-fashioned thing called a Jacobite; but I am so in sentiment and feeling only; for a more loyal subject never joined in prayers, for the health and wealth of George the Fourth, whom God long preserve!

    My Aunt Margaret's Mirror 2008

  • I am, as you know, a piece of that old-fashioned thing called a Jacobite; but I am so in sentiment and feeling only; for a more loyal subject never joined in prayers, for the health and wealth of George the Fourth, whom God long preserve!

    My Aunt Margaret's Mirror 2008

  • Alan in high good humour at the furthering of his schemes, and I in bitter dudgeon at being called a Jacobite and treated like a child.

    Kidnapped: The Adventures of David Balfour 1886

  • Dundee and Balcarres; while Dundee proposed to call a Jacobite convention in Stirling.

    A Short History of Scotland Andrew Lang 1878

  • Alan in high good humour at the furthering of his schemes, and I in bitter dudgeon at being called a Jacobite and treated like a child.

    Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

  • Hugh Speke and Aaron Smith, men to whom a hunt after a Jacobite was the most exciting of all sports.

    The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829

  • I am, as you know, a piece of that old-fashioned thing called a Jacobite; but I am so in sentiment and feeling only, for a more loyal subject never joined in prayers for the health and wealth of George the Fourth, whom God long preserve!

    My Aunt Margaret's Mirror Walter Scott 1801

  • I am, as you know, a piece of that old-fashioned thing called a Jacobite; but I am so in sentiment and feeling only; for a more loyal subject never joined in prayers, for the health and wealth of George the Fourth, whom God long preserve!

    Waverley Novels — Volume 12 Walter Scott 1801

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