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, a name given to a French peasant as tamely submissive to taxation.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

We have a saying here, Sir Nigel, that if you pummel Jacques Bonhomme he will pat you, but if you pat him he will pummel you.

From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

This worthy Jacques Bonhomme might have made an heir of his native village, leaving money for a new school-house or some other public edifice.

From In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" by Betham-Edwards, Matilda

Like his social inferior, Jacques Bonhomme, the only conquest that he hankers after, is the conquest of that independence which is assured by a safe investment at three or three and a half per cent.

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

Jacques Bonhomme was held by them in utter contempt, and the peasant garrison simply brought to their notice the advantage of the place as a well-fortified centre of operations.

From Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. French. by Morris, Charles