Orangeman

American  

[awr-inj-muhn, or-] / ˈɔr ɪndʒ mən, ˈɒr- /

noun

Orangemen plural

1. a member of a secret society formed in the north of Ireland in 1795, having as its object the maintenance and political ascendancy of Protestantism.

2. a Protestant of Northern Ireland.

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Orangeman British  

/ ˈɒrɪndʒmən /

noun

1. a member of a society founded in Ireland (1795) to uphold the Protestant religion, the Protestant dynasty, and the Protestant constitution. Orange Lodges have since spread to many parts of the former British Empire

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• Orangemen
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Orangeman

First recorded in 1790–1800; Orange + -man

Example Sentences

A man of many contradictions, Trimble was the opera buff who adored Elvis Presley, the diehard Protestant "Orangeman" turned consensus politician, a stiff, sometimes bad-tempered public figure who could be warm and witty in private.

From Reuters • Jul. 25, 2022

The Orangeman is a Hoya, and if that’s the case, what in the world makes sense anymore?

From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2018

John the Orangeman was just a man who sold fruit outside Harvard Stadium whom students came to see as a harbinger of victory.

From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2015

A former Ulster Unionist leader and Orangeman David Trimble attended a funeral mass in Donegal for some of the victims of the Omagh bomb in 1998 without any action being taken.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2011

Schomberg, William's general, had better luck, and it was on the quay below it that the great Orangeman first set foot in Ireland.

From The Charm of Ireland by Stevenson, Burton Egbert