单词 | Fenian |
释义 | Fe·ni·an (fēnē-ən) n. 1. One of a legendary group of heroic Irish warriors of the second and third centuries AD. 2. A member of a secret revolutionary organization in the United States and Ireland in the mid-19th century, dedicated to the overthrow of British rule in Ireland. [From alteration (influenced by féne, body of freemen under early Irish law) of Irish Gaelic fianna, bands of young warriors, from Old Irish fíanna, pl. of fían.] Feni·an adj. Feni·an·ism n. |
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