Orangeman (redirected from Orangemen)

Or·ange·man  (ôrnj-mn, r-)

n.

1. A member of a secret society founded in Northern Ireland in 1795 to maintain the political and religious ascendancy of Protestantism.

2. A Protestant Irishman.

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[After William, Prince of Orange, later King William III of England, Scotland, and Ireland.]

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Orangeman [ˈɒrɪndʒmən]

n pl -men

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) 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

[after William, prince of Orange (king of England as William III)]

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Orangeman - a member of a society founded in Ireland in 1795 to uphold Protestantism and the British sovereign Association of Orangemen, Orange Order - a Protestant political organization in Northern Ireland Protestant - an adherent of Protestantism