Ribandmann.
/ˈrɪbəndman/, U.S. /ˈrɪbən(d)ˌmæn/, Irish English /ˈrɪbən(d)mæn/ Irish History.
= Ribbonman n.
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society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > secret society > [noun] > other secret societies > member of
Ribbonman1813
Ribandman1817
ribandist1824
apostle1829
Molly Maguire1844
Molly Maguireite1853
Camorrist1863
mafioso1875
Black Hander1905
Molly1917
leopard-man1929
Mafiaist1948
mafiosa1965
society > faith > sect > Christianity > Roman Catholicism > Roman Catholic sects and groups > [noun] > Ribbonism > person
Ribbonman1813
Ribandman1817
ribandist1824
1817 Liverpool Mercury 25 Apr. 338/3 He had attended at several meetings of Ribandmen—he did not deny being a Ribandman.
1820 London Mag. Mar. 356/2 The detachment of police stationed at Ballintubber succeeded..in apprehending four ribband-men.
1841 Fraser's Mag. Jan. 95/1 The Ribandman is bound by an oath far stronger than any which a Temperance society can impose.
1917 J. Morley Recollections ii. ii. 171 The difference between this new scene and the too familiar operations in older days of Ribandmen, Whiteboys, and the rest of the lawless calendar, was the appearance of an Irish group in the House of Commons.
1963 S. H. Steinberg et al. New Dict. Brit. Hist. 109 Dolly's Brae,..the scene of an affray between Orangemen and Ribandmen on the anniversary of the battle of the Boyne.
1995 C. Morash Writing Irish Famine iv. 93 The first two-thirds of the text are taken up with the gallant efforts of an English Evangelical family..as they resist the ‘Riband-men’ who attempt to drive them from their Irish estate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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