noun
1.
the revolt of the peasants of northern France against the nobles in 1358.
2.
( lowercase ) any peasant revolt.
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| —n | |
| the revolt of the N French peasants against the nobility in 1358 | |
| [C16: from Old French: the peasantry, from jacque a peasant, from Jacques James, from Late Latin Jacōbus] | |
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Jacquerie
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Word Origin & History
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."
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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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