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Orangeman

noun
(pl. orangemen)
1.
A member of a society founded in Ireland in 1795 to uphold Protestantism and the British sovereign.





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"Orangeman" Quotes from Famous Books



... Brown by the Reformers of the neighbourhood. It expressed regret that the honour was given on party grounds. "Had it been given on the ground of his services to Protestantism, it would have brought out every Orangeman in the country. Conservatives disagreed with Brown about the clergy reserves, but if the reserves must be secularized, every Conservative in Canada would join Brown in his crusade against Roman Catholic endowments." Then follows ...
— George Brown • John Lewis


Words linked to "Orangeman" :   Association of Orangemen, Orange Order, protestant


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