Rightboysn.

Brit.

/ˈrʌɪtbɔɪz/, U.S.

/ˈraɪtˌbɔɪz/

Forms: 1700s– Right Boys, 1800s– Rightboys.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: right adj., boy n.¹

Etymology: < right adj. + the plural of boy n.¹, after white boy n. 4, and probably suggested by the assumed name Captain Right (see quot. 1787, although the relative chronology of the two terms is not certain).

In plural. An agrarian protest movement active in south-west Ireland in 1785-8, which acted in the name of the symbolic leader ‘Captain Right’, and whose chief grievance was the level of tithes payable to the Church of Ireland; individual branches of the movement later put forward a variety of other demands relating to the social and economic conditions of rural workers.The Rightboys movement was more widespread than that of the earlier Whiteboys, and had a wider social base, even attracting some initial support from the local gentry. Cf. leveller n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > Irish politics > [noun] > societies or associations

levellers1762

Hearts of Steel1771

Peep o' Day Boys1780

Rightboys1786

Brunswick Club1828

Orange Order1828

Young Ireland1843

Land league1881

U.I.L.1901

Noraid1974

U.U.U.C.1974

INLA1979

1786 I. J. Candid Rev. most Important Occurr. in Ireland 85 There's the White Boys in one part, the Right Boys in another part, and I verily believe the devil's boys in every part.

1787 New Annual Reg. i. 43/2 A person very early distinguished himself among them,..whose real or assumed appellation was that of captain Right; and from him they soon became known by the denomination of Right Boys.

1808 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 13 126 White Boys, Right Boys, and various other denominations, and combinations of lawless nocturnal insurgents associated.

1836 G. C. Lewis On Local Disturbances Irel. i. 19 The Munster and Kilkenny insurgents of 1785 and the following years generally assumed the name of Rightboys; but their grievances, their proceedings, and their object appear to have been nearly the same with those of their predecessors the Whiteboys.

1860 M. Haverty Hist. Ireland (1872) xliii. 722 Still, the outrages committed by the misguided right-boys were not to be excused, and they were denounced from the altars by the Catholic clergy.

1904 M. Davitt Fall of Feudalism in Ireland i. ii. 23 The Right Boys acted under captains, and terrorized the counties of Kildare, Queen's, Kilkenny, and the border counties of Munster.

1962 Church Hist. 31 152 Similar societies with different objects appeared all over the country in later times under a variety of names—in the Catholic counties Right Boys, Defenders, and Ribbon Men.

1997 G. Newman et al. Brit. in Hanoverian Age, 1714–1837 601/2 With little sustained government opposition in the first 6 months of their existence, the Rightboys extended their agenda to include opposition to excessive priests' dues and the regulation of laborers' wages.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rightboys
释义	Rightboysn. Brit. /ˈrʌɪtbɔɪz/, U.S. /ˈraɪtˌbɔɪz/ Forms: 1700s– Right Boys, 1800s– Rightboys. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: right adj., boy n.¹ Etymology: < right adj. + the plural of boy n.¹, after white boy n. 4, and probably suggested by the assumed name Captain Right (see quot. 1787, although the relative chronology of the two terms is not certain). In plural. An agrarian protest movement active in south-west Ireland in 1785-8, which acted in the name of the symbolic leader ‘Captain Right’, and whose chief grievance was the level of tithes payable to the Church of Ireland; individual branches of the movement later put forward a variety of other demands relating to the social and economic conditions of rural workers.The Rightboys movement was more widespread than that of the earlier Whiteboys, and had a wider social base, even attracting some initial support from the local gentry. Cf. leveller n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > Irish politics > [noun] > societies or associations levellers1762 Hearts of Steel1771 Peep o' Day Boys1780 Rightboys1786 Brunswick Club1828 Orange Order1828 Young Ireland1843 Land league1881 U.I.L.1901 Noraid1974 U.U.U.C.1974 INLA1979 1786 I. J. Candid Rev. most Important Occurr. in Ireland 85 There's the White Boys in one part, the Right Boys in another part, and I verily believe the devil's boys in every part. 1787 New Annual Reg. i. 43/2 A person very early distinguished himself among them,..whose real or assumed appellation was that of captain Right; and from him they soon became known by the denomination of Right Boys. 1808 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 13 126 White Boys, Right Boys, and various other denominations, and combinations of lawless nocturnal insurgents associated. 1836 G. C. Lewis On Local Disturbances Irel. i. 19 The Munster and Kilkenny insurgents of 1785 and the following years generally assumed the name of Rightboys; but their grievances, their proceedings, and their object appear to have been nearly the same with those of their predecessors the Whiteboys. 1860 M. Haverty Hist. Ireland (1872) xliii. 722 Still, the outrages committed by the misguided right-boys were not to be excused, and they were denounced from the altars by the Catholic clergy. 1904 M. Davitt Fall of Feudalism in Ireland i. ii. 23 The Right Boys acted under captains, and terrorized the counties of Kildare, Queen's, Kilkenny, and the border counties of Munster. 1962 Church Hist. 31 152 Similar societies with different objects appeared all over the country in later times under a variety of names—in the Catholic counties Right Boys, Defenders, and Ribbon Men. 1997 G. Newman et al. Brit. in Hanoverian Age, 1714–1837 601/2 With little sustained government opposition in the first 6 months of their existence, the Rightboys extended their agenda to include opposition to excessive priests' dues and the regulation of laborers' wages. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1786
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