jacquerie

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jacquerie - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Jacquerie \Jacque`rie"\, n. [F.]
     The name given to a revolt of French peasants against the
     nobles in 1358, the leader assuming the contemptuous title,
     Jacques Bonhomme, given by the nobles to the peasantry.
     Hence, any revolt of peasants.
     [1913 Webster]