GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Jacobite , prop. n. [L. Jacobus James: cf. F. Jacobite. See 2d Jack.]
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   (Eng. Hist.) A partisan or adherent of James the Second, after his abdication, or of his descendants, an opposer of the revolution in 1688 in favor of William and Mary.
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   (Eccl.) One of the sect of Syrian Monophysites. The sect is named after Jacob Baradæus, its leader in the sixth century.
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   Jacobite, prop. a. Of or pertaining to the Jacobites.