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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Mol′ly Ma•guire′ (mə gwīər′),USA pronunciation - World History[Irish Hist.]a member of a secret terrorist society organized in Ireland in 1843 to prevent evictions by the government: so called because the members disguised themselves as women.
- American History[U.S. Hist.]a member of a former secret association, organized about 1865, that terrorized the mine operators' agents in an effort to get relief from oppressive conditions in the anthracite coal-mining regions of Pennsylvania: ceased to function about 1877.
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