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jack⋅boot

[jak-boot]

–noun

1.	a sturdy leather boot reaching up over the knee, worn esp. by soldiers.

2.	Also called jackboot tactics. brutally bullying, militaristic, or authoritarian measures.

3.	a person who uses such measures.

Origin:
1680–90; jack ¹ + boot ¹

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jack·boot also jack-boot (jāk'bōōt')

A stout military boot that extends above the knee.
A person who uses bullying tactics, especially to force compliance.
The spirit sustaining and motivating a militaristic, highly aggressive, or totalitarian regime or system.

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Word Origin & History

jackboot

1686, type of large, strong cavalry boot of 17c.-18c., later a type worn by Ger. soldiers in the Nazi period. From jack (q.v.), though the exact sense here is unclear + boot. Figurative of military oppression since 1768.

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