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 Jacobite train makes two trips a day, from March to October, using some of the same carriages that were used for filming.

From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2023

In August, the Jacobite was given a temporary exemption, which expires on Thursday.

From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2023

Sir Marmaduke Carstairs, a Jacobite, is the victim of a conspiracy, and he is denounced as a plotter against the life of King William.

From A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)