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Jacques Bonhomme

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[zhahk baw-nawm] / ʒɑk bɔˈnɔm /

noun

  1. the contemptuous title given by the nobles to the peasants in the revolt of the Jacquerie in 1358 and adopted by the peasants in subsequent revolts.

Etymology

Origin of Jacques Bonhomme

< French: literally, James goodfellow; jack 4

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