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n. - A supporter of James II after he was overthrown or a supporter of the Stuarts.

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  • It's also named for the deposed Catholic king of Great Britain, James II and VII, who inspired what became known as the Jacobite movement.
  • Dundee and Balcarres; while Dundee proposed to call a Jacobite convention in Stirling.
  • Hugh Speke and Aaron Smith, men to whom a hunt after a Jacobite was the most exciting of all sports.
  • Alan in high good humour at the furthering of his schemes, and I in bitter dudgeon at being called a Jacobite and treated like a child.
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