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Jacobin Hist. 
n. a follower of Judge Robert Thorpe, an Irishman who led dissident elements of Upper Canada (1805-1807) in opposition to the oligarchy.
- 1828 In the first place, he denied the "Jacobins," as Thorpe's party now came to be called, the freedom of the press.
- 1958 In Upper Canada he became the leader of the so-called Jacobins in their campaign against the Governor and the Family Compact.
- 1828 In the first place, he denied the "Jacobins," as Thorpe's party now came to be called, the freedom of the press.