Fiann.

/fiːn/

Forms: Also Fiann.

Etymology: < Irish fian, plural fianna originally ‘band of hunters’. The form fiann is a back-formation from the plural.

1. A legendary Irish warrior, one of the soldiers of Fionn mac Cumhail; = Fenian n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > courage > heroism > [noun] > brave warrior

thanec893

berne937

helethOE

wightlingc1330

felona1400

viragoa1513

thunderer1586

paladin1592

Fian1787

beau sabreur1834

war hero1898

1787 M. Young (title) Ancient Gælic poems respecting the race of the Fians, collected in the Highlands of Scotland in the years 1784–1786.

1879 Encycl. Brit. IX. 75/1 According to popular tradition the Fians, or Fenians were mercenary tribes acting as a permanent military force for the support of the Ard Rig, or king of Eire.

1891 J. G. Campbell Fians p. xii The Fian heroes are to this day prominent in proverbs and riddles.

1909 D. A. Mackenzie Elves & Heroes p. ix The Ossianic or Fian Cycle.

1932 Irish Free State Official Handbk. iv. 45 About the same time [sc. end of 3rd cent.] we trace the establishment in Ireland of permanent military forces, the Fiana, adopted, no doubt, in imitation of the Roman military organisation.

1967 D. Edwards-Rees Ireland's Story ii. 13 In the third century a.d. Cormac the High King had a standing force of professional warriors called the Fianna.

2. Fianna Fáil n. /ˈfiːənə fɔɪl/ [ < Irish fianna, plural (see sense 1) + fál (see below).] an Irish political organization and party which was founded in 1926 and entered the Dail Eireann in 1927.Irish Fáil is the genitive of fál ‘defensive fortification’, and is cognate with Latin vallum wall n.¹ It was applied to the rampart of mountains surrounding the central plain of Ireland, so that Inis Fáil ‘island of the rampart’ came to mean ‘Ireland’. The phrase Fianna Fáil was used in 15th-cent. poetry in the neutral sense ‘people of Ireland.’ The founders of the Fianna Fáil party, however, interpreted the phrase as meaning ‘soldiers of destiny’. (A. J. Bliss.)

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > Irish politics > [noun] > parties

alliance1703

Sinn Fein1905

S.F.1922

Fianna Fáil1927

Fine Gael1933

Alliance Party1970

S.D.L.P.1970

vanguard1972

U.P.N.I.1975

1927 Observer 27 Mar. 20/2 Fianna Fail—Mr De Valera's Republicans.

1933 Irish Press 27 Jan. 6/2 The Irish people have answered...They have given Fianna Fáil its all-over majority.

1958 Listener 9 Oct. 571/2 Fianna Fail is trying to get rid of Proportional Representation.

1971 Times 18 Aug. 2/3 Pressure inside the ruling Fianna Fail Party for stronger action on Northern Ireland.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	fian
释义	Fiann. /fiːn/ Forms: Also Fiann. Etymology: < Irish fian, plural fianna originally ‘band of hunters’. The form fiann is a back-formation from the plural. 1. A legendary Irish warrior, one of the soldiers of Fionn mac Cumhail; = Fenian n. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > heroism > [noun] > brave warrior thanec893 berne937 helethOE wightlingc1330 felona1400 viragoa1513 thunderer1586 paladin1592 Fian1787 beau sabreur1834 war hero1898 1787 M. Young (title) Ancient Gælic poems respecting the race of the Fians, collected in the Highlands of Scotland in the years 1784–1786. 1879 Encycl. Brit. IX. 75/1 According to popular tradition the Fians, or Fenians were mercenary tribes acting as a permanent military force for the support of the Ard Rig, or king of Eire. 1891 J. G. Campbell Fians p. xii The Fian heroes are to this day prominent in proverbs and riddles. 1909 D. A. Mackenzie Elves & Heroes p. ix The Ossianic or Fian Cycle. 1932 Irish Free State Official Handbk. iv. 45 About the same time [sc. end of 3rd cent.] we trace the establishment in Ireland of permanent military forces, the Fiana, adopted, no doubt, in imitation of the Roman military organisation. 1967 D. Edwards-Rees Ireland's Story ii. 13 In the third century a.d. Cormac the High King had a standing force of professional warriors called the Fianna. 2. Fianna Fáil n. /ˈfiːənə fɔɪl/ [ < Irish fianna, plural (see sense 1) + fál (see below).] an Irish political organization and party which was founded in 1926 and entered the Dail Eireann in 1927.Irish Fáil is the genitive of fál ‘defensive fortification’, and is cognate with Latin vallum wall n.¹ It was applied to the rampart of mountains surrounding the central plain of Ireland, so that Inis Fáil ‘island of the rampart’ came to mean ‘Ireland’. The phrase Fianna Fáil was used in 15th-cent. poetry in the neutral sense ‘people of Ireland.’ The founders of the Fianna Fáil party, however, interpreted the phrase as meaning ‘soldiers of destiny’. (A. J. Bliss.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > Irish politics > [noun] > parties alliance1703 Sinn Fein1905 S.F.1922 Fianna Fáil1927 Fine Gael1933 Alliance Party1970 S.D.L.P.1970 vanguard1972 U.P.N.I.1975 1927 Observer 27 Mar. 20/2 Fianna Fail—Mr De Valera's Republicans. 1933 Irish Press 27 Jan. 6/2 The Irish people have answered...They have given Fianna Fáil its all-over majority. 1958 Listener 9 Oct. 571/2 Fianna Fail is trying to get rid of Proportional Representation. 1971 Times 18 Aug. 2/3 Pressure inside the ruling Fianna Fail Party for stronger action on Northern Ireland. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1787
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