A supporter of King James II of England and his descendants' claim to the throne after he was overthrown in 1688.
From Jacobus, the Latin form of James. After the Glorious Revolution of 1688, when James II fled England, his supporters became known as Jacobites. The term persisted for over a century as they attempted multiple rebellions to restore his line.
Jacobites give us one of history's most dramatic what-ifs: British history might have been completely different if they'd succeeded. The famous Bonnie Prince Charlie (1745) was their last serious attempt, and Jacobite poetry became a secret code for rebels in Scotland and Ireland.
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