jacquerie.
A revolt organized by peasants, typically violent.
Meaning & usage
A revolt organized by peasants, typically violent.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French jacquerie, from Jacquerie (derogatory nickname for peasants, literally “James”) + -erie. First attested in the early 1500s. In reference to the Jacquerie uprising of 1358 during the Hundred Years' War.
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