Crossword-Solution: ORANGEMAN
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Orangeman | n. | One of a secret society, organized in the north of Ireland in 1795, the professed objects of which are the defense of the regning sovereign of Great Britain, the support of the Protestant religion, the maintenance of the laws of the kingdom, etc.; -- so called in honor of William, Prince of Orange, who became William III. of England. |
We have 8 clues for the answer “ORANGEMAN”
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| California chap | 1 answer |
| IRISH ultra-protestant party member | 1 answer |
| N. Ireland Protestant | 1 answer |
| North-of-Ireland-er. | 1 answer |
| Northern Ireland Protestant | 1 answer |
| Ulster Protestant | 1 answer |
| William III follower | 1 answer |
| Syracuse player, once | 2 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with ORANGEMAN (5)
Confusion to the Groyne, hurrah for the Boyne, for the army at Clonmel, and the Protestant young gentlemen who live there as well.' 'An Orangeman,' said the man in black.
Turning at once to the woman, he asked her in a business-like way whether she had anything to do, whether she were a Catholic or a Protestant, whether she could read, and so forth; and then, after a few kind words and some sweeties to the child, he despatched the mother with some tracts about Biddy and the Priest, and the Orangeman’s Bible.
And if this is the case in England and Scotland, where society is in a sound state, how much more must it be the case in the diseased part of the empire, in Ireland? Ask any man there, whatever may be his religion, whatever may be his politics, Churchman, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, Repealer, Precursor, Orangeman, ask Mr O'Connell, ask Colonel Conolly, whether it is a slight matter in whose hands the executive power is lodged.
The Orangeman raises his war-whoop: Exeter Hall sets up its bray: Mr Macneile shudders to see more costly cheer than ever provided for the priests of Baal at the table of the Queen; and the Protestant operatives of Dublin call for impeachments in exceedingly bad English.
Peregrine Courtenay on one side of the House, and Lord Palmerston on the other, attempted to enlighten the poor Orangeman on the question of casuistry.
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, NYT, USA TODAY.
Used 7 times in crossword archives (1959–2019).