jacobite
general
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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. Macaulay.
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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. Of or pertaining to the Jacobites.
noun
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a supporter of James II after he was overthrown or a supporter of the Stuarts
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