Jacobite, prop. n. [L. Jacobus James: cf. F. Jacobite. See 2d Jack.].
A partisan or adherent of James the Second, after his abdication, or of his descendants, an opposer of the revolution in 1688 in favor of William and Mary. Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
One of the sect of Syrian Monophysites. The sect is named after Jacob Baradæus, its leader in the sixth century. [1913 Webster]