jacobite

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: Jac=o=bite

CIDE DICTIONARY

jacobite, prop. n. [L. Jacobus James: cf. F. Jacobite. See 2d Jack.].

•  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.  Macaulay.  [1913 Webster]
•  One of the sect of Syrian Monophysites. The sect is named after Jacob Baradæus, its leader in the sixth century.  [1913 Webster]

jacobite, prop. a. 

 Of or pertaining to the Jacobites.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

jacobite, n. hist. a supporter of James II of England after his removal from the throne in 1688, or of the Stuarts.

Derivative

Jacobitical adj. Jacobitism n.

Etymology

L Jacobus James: see JACOBEAN