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Ribbonism

Ribbonism proper noun: a 19th-century popular movement of Catholics in Ireland, active against landlords and their agents, and opposed to the ideology of the Protestant Orange Order.

Proper noun

Ribbonism

  1. (historical) A 19th-century popular movement of Catholics in Ireland, active against landlords and their agents, and opposed to the ideology of the Protestant Orange Order.

Origin of Ribbonism

From ribbon + -ism, from the green badge they wore.

Questions about Ribbonism

What does Ribbonism mean?
Ribbonism means a 19th-century popular movement of Catholics in Ireland, active against landlords and their agents, and opposed to the ideology of the Protestant Orange Order.
What part of speech is Ribbonism?
Ribbonism is a proper noun.

Words near Ribbonism in the dictionary

  1. ribboners
  2. ribbonfish
  3. ribbonfishes
  4. ribbongrass
  5. ribboning
  6. Ribbonism
  7. Ribbonist
  8. Ribbonists
  9. ribbonite
  10. ribbonization
  11. ribbonize

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