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noun
A member of the Loyal Orange Institution or Orange Order, an international Protestant fraternal order advocating continued British rule over Northern Ireland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any advocate of continued British rule over Northern Ireland, especially such Protestant advocates in Northern Ireland itself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a member of a society founded in Ireland in 1795 to uphold Protestantism and the British sovereign
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Protestant
History
Etymology tree English Orange Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English Orangeman From Orange (“title held by William III of England”) + -man.
Across languages
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
