antijacobin

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ Jacobin.

Noun

antijacobin (plural antijacobins)

1. (historical) A political opponent of the Jacobins.
   • 1822, Lord Byron, The Vision of Judgement, stanza 97:

     For Pantisocracy he once had cried
     Aloud, a scheme less moral than ’twas clever—
     Then turned a hearty Antijacobin—
     Had turned his coat—& would have turned his skin.

Translations

a political opponent of the Jacobins

• Portuguese: antijacobino m