α. 1600s 1800s green riband, 1600s 1800s green ribband.
β. 1600s– green ribbon.
green ribbonn.
/ˌɡriːn ˈrɪb(ə)n/, U.S. /ˌɡrin ˈrɪbən/ 1. A ribbon of green colour worn as the badge of the Levellers during the English Civil War (1642–8), and of the associated King's Head Club (founded 1675); frequently attributive in Green Ribbon Club (the later name of the King's Head Club), green ribbon man. Now historical.
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green ribbon man1649
1649 Moderate Intelligencer No. 215. 2013 Neere 4000 men, most of whom were persons religious, and looked as if they had done service in Arms for the Parliament, they had green ribands as their cognisance.
1680 A. Allam Let. Wood 12 Nov. (Bodl. Wood F. 39) f. 35 Prat's sonn..hath listed himself in to the Green Ribbon Club.
1681 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 512 Sr. Southby was put aside, for being a green ribband man and saying that ‘the old king’ (Charles I) ‘died justly’, and speaking against the bishops and other things.
1722 O. Dykes Royal Marriage 111 This Proverb..spoil'd all the Politicks of the Green-Ribbon-Club.
1885 Dict. National Biogr. II. 284/1 At his execution it came out that he [sc. John Ayloffe]..had been ‘a green-ribbon man’.
1997 Hist. Today (Nexis) 1 Mar. 39 It ended opposite the Green Ribbon Club's meeting place at Temple Bar, where there was a great bonfire, cries of ‘No Popery’ and riotous scenes.
2. A ribbon of green colour forming part of the insignia of the Order of the Thistle.
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society > society and the community > social class > symbol of rank > [noun] > insignia of order > specific insignia of knightly order
the Garterc1350
collar1488
star1602
blue ribbon1607
yellow ribbon1651
red ribbon1652
string1660
green ribbon1672
crossa1684
glory1693
cordon1727
O.M.1903
M.B.E.1917
OBE1917
1672 E. Ashmole Inst. Order of Garter iii. 99 For the ordinary and common Ensign, the Knights used a Green Ribbon, whereat hung a Thistle of Gold, crowned with an Imperial Crown, within a Circle of Gold.
1725 London Gaz. No. 6344/1 The Earls..had the Honour to be invested with the Green Ribbon.
1810 G. Rose Diaries (1860) II. 482 His Royal Highness mentioned the vacancies of a Blue, a Green, and a Red Riband.
1815 Sporting Mag. 45 295 May I congratulate you, my Lord, on having the Green ribband?
1997 J. D. Gross Byron's ‘Corbeau Blanc’ (1998) v. 299 Lady Melbourne argues that Erskine's political views will agree with those of George III and the Tories, now that he has been given a green ribbon by the government.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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