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Fenianism
Variant of 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
adjective
of the Fenians
Related Forms:
- Fenianism noun
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