Jackboot

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A stout military boot that extends above the knee.
  • n. A person who uses bullying tactics, especially to force compliance.
  • n. The spirit sustaining and motivating a militaristic, highly aggressive, or totalitarian regime or system.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A glossy leather calf-covering military boot, commonly associated with German soldiers of the WWII era
  • n. The spirit that motivates a totalitarian or overly militaristic regime or policy
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. a man's high tasseled boot.
  • n. A strong leather boot reaching up to or over the knee; it is worn mostly by soldiers.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A kind of large boot reaching up over the knee, and serving as defensive armor for the leg, introduced in the seventeenth century; now, a similar boot reaching above the knee, worn by fishermen and others.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. (19th century) a man's high tasseled boot
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    boot   
    Cross Reference
    Hessian boot    cowboy boot   
    Form
    jackbooted   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Hessian boot    Hessian    Wellington    Wellington boot   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    pigtail    millenia    unslain    gaiter    greatcoat   
     
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