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Orangeman|ˈɒrɪndʒmən|
[f. Orange n.2 + man.]
A member of a political society formed, in 1795, for the defence of Protestantism and maintenance of Protestant ascendancy in Ireland: see Orange n.2
1796Grattan Sp. Ho. Comm. 22 Feb., A magistrate of the county of Armagh..has spoken of the use of what he calls Orange-men, of the services rendered by these murderers. 1796E. Hudson Lett. 29 May in 13th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. viii. 273 A report was circulated that a number of ‘Orangemen’..were to be there in order to fall upon the C[atholic]s. 1803E. Hay Insurr. Wexf. 38 To these succeeded, in the summer of the same year (1795), a description of public disturbers, calling themselves orangemen, who now made their first appearance in the county of Armagh. 1813Jrnl. Ho. Comm. 29 June, That a Committee be appointed to enquire into the existence of certain illegal Societies under the denomination of Orange Men. 1842S. C. Hall Ireland II. 465 In 1836 the number of Orangemen in England was stated to have been between 120,000 and 140,000. 1844Macaulay Let. 4 July (1977) IV. 202 If the letters were opened, it was not by any authority from the late government, but by some rascally Orangemen in the Post Office. 1894W. B. Yeats Let. 16 Dec. (1954) 242, I lectured..on Fairy lore to an audience of Orangemen. 1921Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 12 Mar. 2/4 Orangemen from all over the world will convene in Winnipeg in 1923, according to an announcement made today. 1975Irish Times 24 May 9/4 Mr. William Douglas, Official Unionist (U.U.U.C.) Convention member for Derry said that as an Orangeman, Unionist and Loyalist he was convinced that all Ulster people who loved their country should say no to the Common Market. 1976Daily Record (Glasgow) 29 Nov. 17/4 Orangeman [name given], from Edinburgh, will face 400 delegates from Scottish lodges at Govan next Saturday over remarks on TV about leading the Ulster Defence Association in Scotland. |