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Fenian

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Fe·ni·an  (fn-n)
n.
1. One of a legendary group of heroic Irish warriors of the second and third centuries a.d.
2. A member of a secret revolutionary organization in the United States and Ireland in the mid-19th century, dedicated to the overthrow of British rule in Ireland.
[From alteration (influenced by féne, body of freemen under early Irish law) of Irish Gaelic fianna, bands of young warriors, from Old Irish fíanna, pl. of fían.]
Feni·an adj.
Feni·an·ism n.
Fenian [ˈfiːnɪən]
n
1. (Historical Terms) (formerly) a member of an Irish revolutionary organization founded in the US in the 19th century to fight for an independent Ireland
2. (Myth & Legend / European Myth & Legend) Irish myth one of the Fianna
3. Derogatory, offensive an Irish Catholic or a person of Irish Catholic descent
adj
(Historical Terms) of or relating to the Fenians
[from Irish Gaelic fēinne, plural of fian band of warriors]
Fenianism  n


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The name is that of Michael O'Neill, popularly called Prince Michael, partly because he claimed descent from ancient Fenian princes, and partly because he was credited with a plan to make himself prince president of Ireland, as the last Napoleon did of France.
The Man Who Knew Too Much by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
There had never been any wearing of the green, any Fenian conspiracies, any land disturbances.
The Strength of the Strong by London, Jack View in context
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