ORANGEMAN


Meaning of ORANGEMAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈär-inj-mən, ˈär(-ə)nj-, ˈȯr-inj-, ˈȯr(-ə)nj- ]

noun

Etymology: William III of England, prince of Orange

Date: 1796

1. : a member of a secret society organized in the north of Ireland in 1795 to defend the British sovereign and to support the Protestant religion

2. : a Protestant Irishman especially of Ulster

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.