(Ireland, informal, pejorative) A newcomer in the Church of Ireland; an Irish Anglican by conviction.
(Ireland, informal, pejorative) A newcomer in the Church of Ireland; an Irish Anglican by conviction.
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(Ireland, UK, slang, sometimes, derogatory, religious slur) A Protestant, (as termed by Roman Catholics), that is in the context of their religious beliefs, or those who have been born in the Protestant tradition, or sometimes those implied to be Protestant by their political ideology of Irish unionism or Ulster loyalism.
(slang, Irish, sometimes derogatory) A Protestant, especially one that is a member of the Protestant unionist community of Northern Ireland.
(slang, Irish, sometimes derogatory) Any one from the Protestant, Unionist and pro-British community, whether they are members of the Orange Order or not (as termed by Irish Nationalists and Catholics).
(now, _, Scotland, Ireland, chiefly, _, pejorative) A Roman Catholic.