n.
Pronunciation: ' ja-k ə -b ə n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French jacopin, from Medieval Latin Jacobinus, from Late Latin Jacobus (St. James); from the location of the first Dominican convent in the street of Saint James, Paris
Date: 14th century
1 : DOMINICAN
2 [French, from Jacobin Dominican; from the group's founding in the Dominican convent in Paris] : a member of an extremist or radical political group especially : a member of such a group advocating egalitarian democracy and engaging in terrorist activities during the French Revolution of 1789
– Jac · o · bin · ic \ ˌ ja-k ə - ' bi-nik \ or Jac · o · bin · i · cal \ -ni-k ə l \ adjective
– Jac · o · bin · ism \ ' ja-k ə -b ə - ˌ ni-z ə m \ noun