Crossword-Solution: JACOBITE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Jacobite | n. | A partisan or adherent of James the Second, after his abdication, or of his descendants, an opposer of the revolution in 1688 in favor of William and Mary. |
| Jacobite | n. | One of the sect of Syrian Monophysites. The sect is named after Jacob Baradaeus, its leader in the sixth century. |
| Jacobite | a. | Of or pertaining to the Jacobites. |
We have 5 clues for the answer “JACOBITE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Rebel during the War of British Succession | 1 answer |
| Supporter of the House of Stuart | 1 answer |
| Syrian sect member | 2 answers |
| COPT | 2 answers |
| Egyptian | 7 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ARETE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with JACOBITE (5)
One character seems to have appeared, indeed, for a moment at the wings of history: a skipper of Dundee who smuggled over some Jacobite big-wig at the time of the ‘Fifteen, and was afterwards drowned in Dundee harbour while going on board his ship.
Give me a highwayman and I was full to the brim; a Jacobite would do, but the highwayman was my favourite dish.
There are only four characters; Francis Blair of Balmile (Jacobite Lord Gladsmuir) my hero; the Master of Ballantrae; Paradon, a wine-seller of Avignon; Marie-Madeleine his wife.
The public became Stuart-mad, and everybody, specially the women, said, "What a pity it was that we hadn't a Stuart to govern." All parties, Whig, Tory, or Radical, became Jacobite at heart, and admirers of absolute power.
Some of the notes are by that curious and laborious antiquary, Robert Milne, who, as a virulent Jacobite, willingly lent a hand to blacken the family of Stair.
Quotes with JACOBITE (2)
In 18th-century Scotland, the main event was the Jacobite rebellion under Bonnie Prince Charlie, so that seems like a nice dramatic backdrop.
It's important to remember that the Jacobite Risings of the 18th century constituted a religious civil war, not a nationalistic movement.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: New Yorker, NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (2008–2019).