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jacquerie
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[ˈdʒeɪk(ə)ri], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a communal uprising or revolt
(e.g: a soldier of fortune led them in a wild jacquerie)
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Origin
:
early 16th century (referring to the 1357 peasants' revolt against the nobles in northern France): from Old French, literally ‘villeins’, from Jacques, a given name used in the sense ‘peasant’
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