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Fenian
fenian
n. & adj. --n. hist. a member of a 19th-c. league among the Irish in the US & Ireland for promoting revolution and overthrowing British government in Ireland. --adj. of or relating to the Fenians. Derivatives Fenianism n. Etymology: OIr. f{eacute}ne name of an ancient Irish people, confused with f{iacute}ann guard of legendary kings
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noun Etymology: Fen(probably in part from Middle Irish Féni freeholders, legendary settlers of Ireland, in part from Irish fiann, genitive singular féinne band of warriors) + -ian Date: 1816 a member of a legendary band of warriors defending Ireland in the second and third centuries A.D., a member of a secret 19th century Irish and Irish-American organization dedicated to the overthrow of British rule in Ireland, ~ adjective ~ism noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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