Jacobite Rebellion

British  

noun

1. history the unsuccessful Jacobite rising of 1715 led by James Francis Edward Stuart

2. the last Jacobite rising (1745-46) led by Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender, which after initial successes was crushed at Culloden

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Example Sentences

She isn’t just pretending to carry herself in a certain manner to help undo the Jacobite Rebellion and Prince Charles’ quest.

From New York Times • May 14, 2016

In 1853 a 'Treatise on the Law of Bankruptcy in Scotland,' and in the same year his 'History of Scotland from the Revolution to the extinction of the last Jacobite Rebellion.'

From The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author by Burton, John Hill

The idea seems to have originated with James Lacy, that patriotic patentee of Drury Lane theatre who raised a band of two hundred men at the time of the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745.

From Inns and Taverns of Old London by Shelley, Henry C. (Henry Charles)