Jacquerie

[ zhahkuh-ree ]

noun
  1. the revolt of the peasants of northern France against the nobles in 1358.

  2. (lowercase) any peasant revolt.

Origin of Jacquerie

1
<French, Middle French, equivalent to jaque(s) peasant (after Jacques, a name thought to be typical of peasants) + -rie-ry

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Jacquerie

/ French (ʒakri) /


noun
  1. the revolt of the N French peasants against the nobility in 1358

Origin of Jacquerie

1
C16: from Old French: the peasantry, from jacque a peasant, from Jacques James, from Late Latin Jacōbus

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