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3 definitions found 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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