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polyester Protestant

polyester Protestant noun: a newcomer in the Church of Ireland; an Irish Anglican by conviction.

Noun

polyester Protestant (plural polyester Protestants)

  1. (Ireland, derogatory, informal) A newcomer in the Church of Ireland; an Irish Anglican by conviction.
    • I recently was astonished by the following phrase, "Polyester Protestants" being used to describe those whom I have delineated as Anglicans by conviction. This phrase was reported to me by a member of the community in a prestigious institution in Dublin suburbia and is in current use. It is...2013 October 22, Michael Jackson, “Facing up to failings in Church of Ireland’s view of the other”, in Irish Times

Forms of polyester Protestant

pluralpolyester Protestants

Questions about polyester Protestant

What does polyester Protestant mean?
Polyester Protestant means a newcomer in the Church of Ireland; an Irish Anglican by conviction.
What part of speech is polyester Protestant?
Polyester Protestant is a noun.
What is the plural of polyester Protestant?
The plural of polyester Protestant is polyester Protestants.

Words near polyester Protestant in the dictionary

  1. polyepitopes
  2. polyepoxide
  3. polyepoxides
  4. polyergic
  5. polyester
  6. polyester Protestant
  7. polyester Protestants
  8. polyesteramide
  9. polyesteramides
  10. polyesterase
  11. polyesterases

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