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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jacobite \Jac"o*bite\, n. [L. Jacobus James: cf F. Jacobite.
See 2d {Jack}.]
1. (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.
--Macaulay.
2. (Eccl.) One of the sect of Syrian Monophysites. The sect
is named after Jacob Barad[ae]us, its leader in the sixth
century.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jacobite \Jac"o*bite\, a.
Of or pertaining to the Jacobites.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
Jacobite
n : a supporter of James II after he was overthrown or a
supporter of the Stuarts [syn: {Jacobite}]
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