Jacobite
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- noun
- /ˈdʒeɪkəˌbaɪt/
- I have word from court That you're saying I’m a Jacobite, As one who would rise for the Stuart Should he land here to claim the throne.
- Jacobite Rising of 1745
- Jacobite Rising
- Jacobite rebellion
Examples
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My report is that Argyll is a Jacobite And would declare for James Stuart Should he seek to reclaim the throne.
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A Jacobite, too; one whose support of the Stuart cause had been more than slightly tinged with madness.
Fiction book (1992) -
Which will still not turn you into a Jacobite but might at least help you understand the temptation.
Blog text (24) -
What if it were not the eighteenth-century Jacobite soldier she was concerned about, but only his name?
Fiction book (1992) -
The most famous display of Scottish nationalism after the union, though, was the increase in Jacobite sentiment.
Academic text (2006) -
" Still, I am familiar with your cousin's Jacobite leanings; he makes no secret of them.
Fiction book (1992) -
And James, the aristocratic Jacobite, pretender to the throne.
Fiction book (1997) -
So while he went to jail as a Jacobite prisoner, he arranged for the families of Carrymuir to leave, one by one, on packets bound for the American colonies.
Fiction book (2001) -
Viscount Dundee (Claverhouse) organized and led the Jacobite forces which remained loyal to the Stewart King, but Dundee died in the Battle of Killiecrankie in the summer of 1689.
Academic text (2006) -
Many farmers joined the Jacobite ranks to support the restoration of the Stuart monarchy.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Jacobite comes from the old name Jacobus, the Latin form of 'James'. A Jacobite was someone who supported King 'James' and wanted him or his family back on the throne, so the word now means a supporter of James II and his descendants.