Dictionary (n.) The name given to a revolt of French peasants against the nobles in 1358, the leader assuming the contemptuous title, Jacques Bonhomme, given by the nobles to the peasantry. Hence, any revolt of peasants.Thesaurus arise civil disorder disobedience disobey emeute general uprising indiscipline insubordination insurge insurgence insurgency insurrect insurrection interregnum irresponsibility jacquerie lawlessness levee en masse license licentiousness mount the barricades mutineer outbreak overthrow peasant revolt power vacuum putsch rampant will rebel rebellion reluct reluctate revolt revolute revolution revolutionize riot rise rise against rise up rising run riot strike subversion subversiveness subvert unaccountability uncontrol unrestraint uprising willfulness |