Jacobins

1. An extreme radical party during the French Revolution named for the place where its founders first met, a convent of Jacobin friars. It was led by Robespierre .

Notes

In general, a member of an extremist or radical group is often called a “Jacobin.”

Example Sentences

It is a far cry from his father's speech at CPAC last year about how "Neo-Jacobins" are ruining America's foreign policy.

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Jefferson even defended the Jacobins, architects of the bloody Reign of Terror.

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Many targets will settle because their attorneys will advise them that their juries will likely be stocked with Jacobins.

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Their present organization is precisely that of the French Jacobins; their plan of operation the same.

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They rivaled the Jacobins in the endeavor to see who could strike the heaviest blows against the throne.

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The mob, headed by the Jacobins, had now the complete ascendency, and he was minister but in name.

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Hence the Jacobins had serious cause to fear a reaction, and determined to silence their voices by the slide of the guillotine.

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The Jacobins now made a direct and infamous attempt to turn the rage of the populace against Madame Roland.

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