Jacques Bonhomme

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[zhahk baw-nawm] / ʒɑk bɔˈnɔm /

noun

1. the contemptuous title given by the nobles to the peasants in the revolt of the Jacquerie in 1358 and adopted by the peasants in subsequent revolts.

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Etymology

Origin of Jacques Bonhomme

< French: literally, James goodfellow; see jack ⁴

Example Sentences

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Jacques Bonhomme

Jacques Bonhomme is a small landowner, fond of his country, his cottage, his fields, his cow, and his gros sous.

From English Pharisees and French Crocodiles and Other Anglo-French Typical Characters by O'Rell, Max

Piers became a kind of typical figure, like the French peasant, Jacques Bonhomme, and was appealed to as such by the Protestant reformers of the 16th century.

From From Chaucer to Tennyson by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)

But Jacques Bonhomme got tired and kicked in his desperation.

From The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc by Sue, Eug?ne

One unhappy Jacques Bonhomme made hot and toilsome hay in thick brown clothes, plainly manufactured from a defunct Brother's gown; for, to judge from appearances, a cast-off gown is a thing unknown.

From Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland by Browne, G. F. (George Forrest)

It pleased him to think that if he and his could no longer keep Jacques Bonhomme in order, there were others who could.

From The Abbess Of Vlaye by Weyman, Stanley J.