Jacquerie

[ zhahkuh-ree ]

/ ʒɑkəˈri /

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noun

the revolt of the peasants of northern France against the nobles in 1358.

(lowercase) any peasant revolt.

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Origin of Jacquerie

<French, Middle French, equivalent to jaque(s) peasant (after Jacques, a name thought to be typical of peasants) + -rie-ry

Words nearby Jacquerie

Jacopo della Quercia, jacquard, Jacquard card, Jacquard loom, Jacqueline, Jacquerie, Jacques, Jacques Bonhomme, jactation, jactitation, jaculate

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How to use Jacquerie in a sentence

I ordered a fellow who is all ears to be concealed in a secret closet of the prison of the three chiefs of the Jacquerie.
The Iron Trevet or Jocelyn the Champion|Eugne Sue
The destruction of the Jacquerie reduces the bourgeoisie to its own forces in its struggle against the Regent.
The Iron Trevet or Jocelyn the Champion|Eugne Sue
In France, they formed the dreaded bands of the Jacquerie, who desolated the most fruitful portions of that fine country.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 461|Various
Bonhomme (Jacques), a peasant who interferes with politics; hence the peasants' rebellion of 1358 was called La Jacquerie.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1|The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.

The atrocities of the Jacquerie, and of Wat Tyler's rebellion, hardened the hearts of men against the common people.
The History of Freedom|John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

British Dictionary definitions for Jacquerie

Jacquerie

/ French (ʒakri) /

noun

the revolt of the N French peasants against the nobility in 1358

Word Origin for Jacquerie

C16: from Old French: the peasantry, from jacque a peasant, from Jacques James, from Late Latin Jacōbus

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