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buckeen

buckeen noun: a poor young man of the lower Anglo-Irish gentry who aspires to the habits and dress of the wealthy.

Noun

buckeen (plural buckeens)

  1. (Ireland, historical) a poor young man of the lower Anglo-Irish gentry who aspires to the habits and dress of the wealthy.
    • Probably no other country could produce such a degraded type as the squireen or buckeen, the drunken, gambling, profligate descendant of the Cromwellian or Williamite settler.1917, William Francis Thomas Butler, Confiscation in Irish history, page 248

Forms of buckeen

pluralbuckeens

Origin of buckeen

From Irish boicín, the diminutive of boc. Equivalent to buck + -een.

Questions about buckeen

What does buckeen mean?
Buckeen means a poor young man of the lower Anglo-Irish gentry who aspires to the habits and dress of the wealthy.
What part of speech is buckeen?
Buckeen is a noun.
What is the plural of buckeen?
The plural of buckeen is buckeens.

Words near buckeen in the dictionary

  1. bucked the tiger
  2. bucked the trend
  3. bucked up
  4. bucked up one's ideas
  5. bucked up to
  6. buckeen
  7. buckeens
  8. Buckelew
  9. Buckelews
  10. Buckenbowra
  11. Buckenderra

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