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jacobite
Part of speech: NounIn English history, a follower of James II or his family.
Usage examples "jacobite":- If, by the time I return, you have thought better of the matter as regards your marriage- and you are free to choose any Jacobite maiden- then I will speak to you in a different tone. - "The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers", Georg Ebers.
- Nor, as the Review well enough observed, does it follow that because the ministry have employed or joined with jacobites in the public affairs, that therefore they must have done it with a jacobite principle. - "An Answer to a Question that Nobody thinks of, viz., But what if the Queen should Die?", Daniel Defoe.
- In the summer the King won the battle of Dettingen; a formal alliance with Maria Theresa followed in the autumn; France responded with a secret alliance with Spain; and to prevent further British action on the Continent, she resolved to strike a blow at London in combination with a Jacobite insurrection. - "Some Principles of Maritime Strategy", Julian Stafford Corbett.