Jacobin
noun
Jac·o·bin
ˈja-kə-bən
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[French, from Jacobin Dominican; from the group's founding in the Dominican convent in Paris]
: a member of an extremist or radical political group
especially
: a member of such a group advocating egalitarian democracy and engaging in terrorist activities during the French Revolution of 1789
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