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English
Etymology
anti- + Jacobin
Noun
antijacobin (plural antijacobins)
- (historical) A political opponent of the Jacobins.
1822, Lord Byron, The Vision of Judgement, stanza 97:For Pantisocracy he once had cried
Aloud, a scheme less moral than ’twas clever—
Then turned a hearty Antijacobin—
Had turned his coat—& would have turned his skin.
Translations
a political opponent of the Jacobins