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Jacquerie

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Jac⋅que⋅rie

  [zhahkuh-ree]
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–noun
1. the revolt of the peasants of northern France against the nobles in 1358.
2. (lowercase) any peasant revolt.
Origin:
< F, MF, equiv. to jaque(s) peasant (after Jacques, a name thought to be typical of peasants) + -rie -ry
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Jac·que·rie   (zhä-krē')   
n.  

  1. The uprising of the French peasants against the nobility in 1358.

  2. jacquerie A peasant revolt, especially a very bloody one.


[French, from Old French jacquerie, peasantry, from jacques, peasant; see jacket.]
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jacquerie 
1523, from M.Fr., from O.Fr. jaquerie "peasants or villeins collectively," from Jacques, the proper name, which is used as Jack is used in Eng., in the sense of "any common fellow." So, also, "the rising of the northern Fr. peasants against the nobles, 1357-8."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Jacquerie

insurrection of peasants against the nobility in northeastern France in 1358-so named from the nobles' habit of referring contemptuously to any peasant as Jacques, or Jacques Bonhomme

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