Orangeman

[awr-inj-muh n, or-]

noun, plural Or·ange·men.

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.

a Protestant of Northern Ireland.

Origin of Orangeman

First recorded in 1790–1800; Orange + -man

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Examples from the Web for orangeman

Even the Orangeman of the North, if he has a cow ailing, thinks it not amiss to ask for the priests blessing.
Peeps at Many Lands: Ireland|Katharine Tynan
He was an Irishman and an Orangeman as well, and had naturally what was known in those parts as "the gift of the gab."
From John O'Groats to Land's End|Robert Naylor and John Naylor
He had been an Orangeman , and was a most ultra and even furious Protestant.
The Kellys and the O'Kellys|Anthony Trollope
You're down on him because his grandfather was an Orangeman!
King Coal|Upton Sinclair

The feet of the Orangeman stuck high in the air, and though the trainmen tried to release him, they could not.
The Lumberjack Sky Pilot|Thomas D. Whittles

British Dictionary definitions for orangeman

Orangeman

noun plural -men

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

Word Origin for Orangeman

C18: after William, prince of Orange (king of England as William III)

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