† Gormogonn.
Obsolete.
A member of a society imitating the Freemasons, founded early in the 18th cent.
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Gormogon1725
Gregorian1742
Odd Fellow1789
buffaloa1849
Good Templar1853
Rebekah1854
Inner and Outer Guardian1879
primo1879
Shriner1886
1725 Two Letters in Grand Mystery of Freemasons (ed. 2) 13 The Venerable Order of Gormogons having been brought into England by a Chinese Mandarin.
1729 H. Carey Poems (ed. 3) 206 The Masons and the Gormogons Are laughing at one another.
1731 Daily Jrnl. 28 Oct. in Notes & Queries 4th Ser. IV. 441/2 By command of the Volgi. A general Chapter of the..Ancient Order of Gor-mogon will be held [etc.].
1742 A. Pope New Dunciad 568 One Rose a Gregorian, one a Gormogon. [Note] A sort of Lay-brothers, Slips from the root of the Free-Masons.
1747 T. Gray Let. c22 Feb. in Corr. (1971) I. 272 I reckon next week we shall hear you are a Free-Mason, or a Gormogon at least.
1791 ‘G. Gambado’ Ann. Horsemanship v. 23 The art of riding before a lady on a double horse, vulgarly termed à la gormagon.
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