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Orangeman

[awr-inj-muh n, or-]
noun, plural Or·ange·men.
  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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Origin of Orangeman

First recorded in 1790–1800; Orange + -man
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Examples from the Web for orangeman

Historical Examples

  • "Well, why don't you say upset, you horrible old Orangeman," she retorted.

    The Foolish Lovers

    St. John G. Ervine

  • She lowered her voice and spoke in the ear of the Irish girl, the Orangeman's daughter.

    Patsy

    S. R. Crockett

  • He had been an Orangeman , and was a most ultra and even furious Protestant.

  • Sir, replied the orangeman, I have carried on this trade now for many years.

  • You're down on him because his grandfather was an Orangeman!

    King Coal

    Upton Sinclair

British Dictionary definitions for orangeman

Orangeman

noun plural -men
  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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Word Origin

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