Orangemann.1
/ˈɒrᵻn(d)ʒmən/, U.S. /ˈɔr(ə)ndʒm(ə)n/, /ˈɑr(ə)ndʒm(ə)n/ A member of the Orange Order or (formerly) the Orange Association; a person who espouses Protestant political principles, esp. in Northern Ireland; (now) spec. one who defends the union of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. See Orange adj.2 2.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > Irish politics > [noun] > societies or associations > members of
hougher1712
white boys1762
Steel boy1772
defender1788
United Irishman1791
Orangeman1796
marksman1800
Thresher1806
marchman1814
Orangist1822
Rockite1824
Brunswicker1828
Terry Alt1831
whitefoot1831
Repeal Warden1841
Young Irelander1844
Fenian1864
Land-leaguer1878
invincible1883
leaguer1892
Provie1972
society > faith > sect > Christianity > other sects and movements > Orange Order > [noun] > person
Orangeman1796
1796 H. Grattan Speech in House Commons 22 Feb. (1822) III. 221 It was said..of the Defenders..that they were suppressed..; but with regard to the outrages of the Orange-men, he could make no such boast.
1796 E. Hudson Lett. 29 May in 13th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1892) App. viii. 273 A report was circulated that a number of ‘Orangemen’..were to be there in order to fall upon the C[atholic]s.
1800 in Orange Syst. Exposed (1823) 81 I will keep this part of a Marksman from an Orangeman, as well as from the ignorant.
1813 Jrnl. House of Commons 29 June 68 619/1 That a Committee be appointed to enquire into the existence of certain illegal Societies under the denomination of Orange Men.
1842 S. C. Hall & A. M. Hall Ireland II. 465 In 1836 the number of Orangemen in England was stated to have been between 120,000 and 140,000.
1894 W. B. Yeats Let. 16 Dec. (1954) 242 I lectured..on Fairy lore to an audience of Orangemen.
1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 12 Mar. 2/4 Orangemen from all over the world will convene in Winnipeg in 1923, according to an announcement made today.
1975 Irish Times 24 May 9/4 As an Orangeman, Unionist and Loyalist he was convinced that all Ulster people who loved their country should say no to the Common Market.
1992 Beaver Aug. 43/1 The incident sparked a riot in Toronto when a Catholic procession was attacked by a mob of Protestant Orangemen.
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Orangeman's Day n. (also Orangemen's Day) chiefly Canadian 12 July, celebrated by Orangemen in commemoration of the victories of William III in Ireland at the Battle of the Boyne (1 July 1690) and the Battle of Aughrim (12 July 1691); cf. twelfth adj. 1c.
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1884 J. C. Roadhouse Diary 12 July in W. P. Bull From Boyne Brompton (1936) xvii. 315 Orangemen's day. Drunkenness and fighting in Bolton.
1998 Frommer's Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island (Electronic ed.) 1 Jan. Newfoundland and Labrador celebrate several holidays, including St. George's Day,..Discovery Day,..and Orangeman's Day.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
Orangemann.2
/ˈɒrᵻn(d)ʒmən/, U.S. /ˈɔr(ə)ndʒm(ə)n/, /ˈɔr(ə)ndʒˌmæn/, /ˈɑr(ə)ndʒm(ə)n/, /ˈɑr(ə)ndʒˌmæn/ U.S.
A student, former student, faculty member, etc., at Syracuse University in New York; esp. (collectively in plural) the members of a sports team of Syracuse University.
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society > education > member of university > [noun] > (former) specific university or college
mountainer?a1425
Cantabrigianc1540
Oxonianc1540
Sorbonist1560
Oxford man1590
Oxfordian1645
Johnian1655
hog1690
Harvardian1702
squil1721
Cantab1751
king's man1751
Wadhamite1760
Princetonian1807
Brunonian1829
merchant tailor1829
Trinitarian1852
houseman1868
polytechnician1871
Mertonian1883
Cheltonian1887
Girtonian1887
Girtonite1894
Newnhamite1896
woman1896
normalien1904
Somervillian1904
Orangeman1908
Tab1914
Ivy Leaguer1943
Oxbridgean1959
plate-glasser1968
Yalie1969
society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > at college or university
Oxford blue1842
Dark Blue1852
Light Blue1852
Cambridge blue1867
blue1870
colour1881
Orangeman1908
JV1922
redshirt1955
1908 N.Y. Times 22 Nov. iv. 1/1 The impregnable defense of the Orange men.
1920 N.Y. Times 25 July 17/1 The United States Naval Academy..humbled the big crew of Syracuse... Navy led Foxy Jim Ten Eyck's Orangemen by a whole length and seven feet of open water at the finish.
1969 W. Grimsley Football x. 101 Chuck Zimmerman fired a pass to Ridlon for Syracuse's fourth touchdown.., but it was not enough. The Orangemen still were a point behind.
1999 Sporting News (Electronic ed.) 2 Aug. 47 With point guard Jason Hart entering his senior season for the Orangemen, Syracuse is trying to find his replacement.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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orange-man
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1800 M. Edgeworth Parent's Assistant (title) The orange man; or the honest boy and the thief.
1858 Punch 13 Mar. 103/1 There have bawled..in his street, sweeps, orangemen, dustmen.
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