Orangeman

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Orangeman

  • /ˈɒɹɪnd͡ʒmən/ UK
  • /ˈɒɹənd͡ʒmən/ UK

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From Orange (“title held by William III of England”) + -man.

noun Orangemen · Orange

  1. A member of the Loyal Orange Institution or Orange Order, an international Protestant fraternal order advocating continued British rule over Northern Ireland. The Court of Appeal has overturned a ban on Orangemen marching through a largely nationalist part of Northern Ireland on Sunday.
  2. Any advocate of continued British rule over Northern Ireland, especially such Protestant advocates in Northern Ireland itself.

Opposite: Republican

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Opposite: Republican

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noun a member of the Orange Order

Русскийоранжи́ст oranžíst

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@misc{orangeman_2026,
  title = {Orangeman},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/orangeman},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}