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a communal uprising or revolt; named after a popular revolt by peasants that took place in northern France in the early summer of 1358 during the Hundred Years' War (which was itself named after the "jacque", or tunic, that the peasants wore)

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In these circumstances, popular jacquerie was not directed by any kind of hegemonic leadership and went nowhere.

—p.25 Africa's Leaky Giant (5) by Joe Trapido
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