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Ormondian

Ormondian adjective: in support of or pertaining to Thomas Butler, especially as regards the faction that supported him in the Desmond Rebellions.

Adjective

Ormondian (comparative more Ormondian, superlative most Ormondian)

  1. In support of or pertaining to Thomas Butler, especially as regards the faction that supported him in the Desmond Rebellions.
    • The Ormondian golden age!1812, Francis Plowden, An Historical Letter to the Rev. Charles O'Conor, page 74
    • So wounded Desmond borne from field Captive upon Ormondian shield, Hearing– " Where now is Desmond ? " – shrilled, " Where but in proper place of fear, Still on the necks of Butlers, here.”1898, The Epic of Humanity, Or, The Quest of the Ideal, page 29

Noun

Ormondian (plural Ormondians)

  1. A supporter of Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond.
    • I do not find how his excellency can be justly censured for favouring none but high-church, high-flyers, termagants, laudists, sacheverellians, tip-top-gallon-men, jaocobites, tantivys, anti-hanoverians, friends to popery and the pretender and to arbitrary power, disobligers of England, breakers of...1784, Jonathan Swift, Thomas Sheridan, The Works of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift, page 256
    • As the Ormondians conveyed him from the field, stretched on a bier, his supporters exclaimed, with a natural triumph, " Where is now the great lord of Desmond!"1814, Thomas Leland, The History of Ireland, page 238

Examples of Ormondian in a sentence

  • We think it our duty to let you know that all the Popish party in Ireland and the Septs and Ormondian party are like to join as one man.1988, Oliver Cromwell, Wilbur Cortez Abbott, The Writings and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell, page 154:
  • Attacked in front and rear, the Ormondians were piked and shot, and many were left mangled along the pass.1914, John O'Hanlon, History of the Queen's County, page 475:

Forms of Ormondian

Adjective
comparativemore Ormondian
superlativemost Ormondian
Noun
pluralOrmondians

Origin of Ormondian

From Ormond + -ian, from Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond.

Questions about Ormondian

What does Ormondian mean?
Ormondian means in support of or pertaining to Thomas Butler, especially as regards the faction that supported him in the Desmond Rebellions.
How do you use Ormondian in a sentence?
We think it our duty to let you know that all the Popish party in Ireland and the Septs and Ormondian party are like to join as one man.
What part of speech is Ormondian?
Ormondian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Ormondian in the dictionary

  1. Ormond
  2. Ormond Beach
  3. Ormond Lower
  4. Ormonde
  5. Ormondes
  6. Ormondian
  7. Ormondians
  8. Ormoy-Villers
  9. Ormrod
  10. Ormrods
  11. ORMs

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