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

It was a splendid chase: Jacques Bonhomme pursuing Michael.

From Six Women and the Invasion by Gabrielle Yerta

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 Max O'Rell

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 Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers

Jacques Bonhomme scarcely knew what a Plebiscite was; but he went to see his parish priest, who said to him: "Are you married, Jacques?"

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

The burden of the centuries was suddenly lifted from the shoulders of Jacques Bonhomme.

From The French Revolution A Short History by R. M. (Robert Matteson) Johnston