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polyester Protestants

polyester Protestants is the plural of polyester Protestant.

Meaning of polyester Protestant

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

Questions about polyester Protestants

What is polyester Protestants the plural of?
Polyester Protestants is the plural of polyester Protestant.

Words near polyester Protestants in the dictionary

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

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