Jacobite /(?)/
Jac·o·bite
Jacobite
prop. 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. (Eng. Hist.)
- One of the sect of Syrian Monophysites. The sect is named after Jacob Baradæus, its leader in the sixth century. (Eccl.)
Jacobite
prop. a.
- Of or pertaining to the Jacobites.