Jacobite

American  

[jak-uh-bahyt] / ˈdʒæk əˌbaɪt /

noun

1. a partisan or adherent of James II of England after his overthrow (1688), or of the Stuarts.

2. a member of the Syrian Monophysitic church, which was founded in the 6th century a.d. and was governed by the patriarch of Antioch.

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Jacobite British  

/ ˌdʒækəˈbɪtɪk, ˈdʒækəˌbaɪt /

noun

1. history an adherent of James II after his overthrow in 1688, or of his descendants in their attempts to regain the throne

2. a member of the Monophysite Church of Syria, which became a schismatic church in 451 _ad

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Other Word Forms

• Jacobitism
  noun
• Jacobitic
  adjective
• Jacobitical
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of Jacobite

1400–50; Jacobite ( in def. 2 ) late Middle English (< Middle French ) < Medieval Latin Jacōbīta, after Jacobus Baradaeus, bishop of Edessa (died 578); Jacobite ( in def. 1 ) cf. James; see -ite ¹

Example Sentences

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Jacobite

Outlander, which concluded earlier this year, focused on the relationship between Balfe's character - a nurse in the modern day - and Heughan, who played Jacobite Jamie Fraser.

From BBC ● May 23, 2026

Returning to Craigh na Dun on her own, Claire touches the center stone and is transported to 1743, three years before the Jacobite defeat.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

The Duke of Perth was a key part of the 1745 Jacobite rising, assembling a regiment for Bonnie Prince Charlie's cause.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2023

He played a significant role in the 1745 Jacobite rising, which effectively ended after his defeat at The Battle of Culloden in April 1746.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2023

When Ashlock came to me in Paris, and told me that Mr. Jervas was disinherited because he was a Jacobite, I refused to supplant him, being a Jacobite myself.

From Lawrence Clavering by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason