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jacquerie

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jacquerie /ˈdʒeɪk(ə)ri /
noun a communal uprising or revolt:
a soldier of fortune led them in a wild jacquerie.
– ORIGIN early 16th century (referring to the 1357 peasants' revolt against the nobles in northern France): from Old French, literally villeins, from Jacques, a given name used in the sense peasant.