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Meaning of 'jacobite' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Jacobite [ a.]
- Of or pertaining to the Jacobites.
2 . Jacobite [ n.]
- 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.
- One of the sect of Syrian Monophysites. The sect is named after Jacob Baradaeus, its leader in the sixth century.

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