Fenian
noun
- any of a group of legendary military heroes of ancient Ireland
- ☆ a member of a secret revolutionary movement formed in New York and Ireland to free Ireland from English rule: the movement was most active in the 1860s and continued until WWI
See Fenian in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(fēˈnē-ən)
noun- One of a legendary group of heroic Irish warriors of the second and third centuries A.D.
- A member of a secret revolutionary organization in the United States and Ireland in the mid-19th century, dedicated to the overthrow of British rule in Ireland.
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