Jacquerie, n.

Jacquerie (zhăk-rē'), n. [Fr.] An insurrection of peasants; — originally the name given to a revolt of the peasants against the nobles in Picardy, France, A. D. 1358, either from Jacques Carlot, one of the leaders, or from an insulting title, Jacques Bonhomme, given by the nobles to the peasantry.