Jacobitical

Variant of Jacobite

Jacobite definition

Jaco·bite (jak′ə bīt′)

noun

a supporter of James II of England after his abdication, or of the claims of his son or his son's descendants to the throne

Etymology: < LL(Ec) Jacobus: see jack

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