jacquerie
English
WOTD – 24 May 2011
Alternative forms
- Jacquerie
Etymology
From the Jacquerie uprising of French peasants in 1358, from Jacques (a derogatory nickname for peasants) + -erie.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ʒaˈkɹi/, /ˈʒak(ə)ɹi/
Noun
jacquerie (plural jacqueries)
- A violent revolt by peasants.
- 1911, Saki, ‘The Stampeding of Lady Bastable’, The Chronicles of Clovis:
- A jacquerie, even if carried out with the most respectful of intentions, cannot fail to leave some traces of embarrassment behind it.
- 1951, Isaac Asimov, Foundation (1974 Panther Books Ltd publication), part V: “The Merchant Princes”, chapter 18, page 185, ¶ 9:
- “Is that what you’re setting your hopes on, man? What do you expect? A housewives’ rebellion? A Jacquerie?[”]
- 1986, G Krishnan-Kutty, Peasantry in India, p. 71:
- Whenever a jacquerie occurred, the authorities looked "upon it as a revolt of the underdog against his native oppressor."
- 1996, Orlando Figes, A People's Tragedy, Folio Society 2013, p. 207:
- Nearly three thousand manors were destroyed (15 per cent of the total) during the Jacquerie of 1905-6.
- 1911, Saki, ‘The Stampeding of Lady Bastable’, The Chronicles of Clovis:
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒakʁi/
Further reading
- “jacquerie” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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