- A Dominican friar; -- so named because, before the French
Revolution, that order had a convent in the Rue St. Jacques, Paris. - One of a society of violent agitators in France, during
the revolution of 1789, who held secret meetings in the Jacobin convent
in the Rue St. Jacques, Paris, and concerted measures to control the
proceedings of the National Assembly. Hence: A plotter against an
existing government; a turbulent demagogue. - A fancy pigeon, in which the feathers of the neck form a
hood, -- whence the name. The wings and tail are long, and the beak
moderately short. - Same as Jacobinic.