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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Fe•ni•an (fē′nē ən, fēn′yən),USA pronunciation n. - World Historya member of an Irish revolutionary organization founded in New York in 1858, which worked for the establishment of an independent Irish republic.
- History, Mythology(in late Irish legends) a member of a group of warriors always ready to defend Ireland against its enemies.
- Irish féinne (genitive of fiann band of Fenians) + -ian; influenced by Old Irish féne ancient inhabitant of Ireland
- 1810–20
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