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JACKBOOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jackboot mean? 

JACKBOOT (noun)
  The noun JACKBOOT has 1 sense:

1. (19th century) a man's high tasseled bootplay

  Familiarity information: JACKBOOT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


JACKBOOT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(19th century) a man's high tasseled boot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

hessian; Hessian boot; jackboot; Wellington; Wellington boot

Hypernyms ("jackboot" is a kind of...):

boot (footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg)


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