Jacquerie definition

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The uprising of the French peasants against the nobility in 1358.
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A peasant revolt, especially a very bloody one.
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(proper) The French peasants' revolt of 1358
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Any peasants' revolt.
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Noun

Singular:
jacquerie
Plural:
jacqueries

Origin of jacquerie

  • French from Old French jacquerie peasantry from jacques peasant jacket

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the Jacquerie uprising of French peasants in 1358, from Jacques (a derogatory nickname for peasants) + -erie.

    From Wiktionary

Jacquerie Sentence Examples

  • Nevertheless, a simultaneous outbreak of a jacquerie in Little-Russia contributed to the extension of the confederation throughout the eastern province of Poland and even in Lithuania.

  • Dozsa's camp at Czegled was the centre of the jacquerie, and from thence he sent out his bands in every direction, pillaging and burning.

  • The one answer was the Shepherds' Crusade, or Crusade of the Pastoureaux - "a religious Jacquerie," as it has been called by Dean Milman.

  • A hideous jacquerie followed for three or four days; during which cartloads of dead were carried into Tarnow, where the peasants received a reward for every " rebel " brought in.

  • Thus Scotland never saw a jacquerie or servile rising.

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