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From Jacobin, q.v. In reference to birds, via French jacobine, from a supposed resemblance to the Dominicans' formerly standard hood or coloring. In reference to soup, via French soupe à la Jacobine.

jacobin (plural jacobins)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Jacobin.
2. A domestic pigeon (Columba livia domestica) with reversed feathers on its neck.
3. Any hummingbird of the genus Florisuga.
4. (obsolete) A kind of thick French soup with cheese.

• (pigeon): Jacobin, Jacobin pigeon, jacobin pigeon, jacobine, jacobine pigeon

• “jacobin, n3.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

• IPA^(key): /ʒa.kɔ.bɛ̃/

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jacobin (feminine jacobine, masculine plural jacobins, feminine plural jacobines)

1. Jacobin

jacobin m (plural jacobins)

1. Jacobin

• “jacobin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

jacobin m (plural jacobini)

1. obsolete form of iacobin

• jacobin in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN