ORANGEMAN


Meaning of ORANGEMAN in English

/awr"inj meuhn, or"-/ , n. , pl. Orangemen .

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.

[ 1790-1800; ORANGE + -MAN ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .