Fenian

  1. Noun.  (British, Irish) An Irish nationalist or republican.
  2. Noun.  (historical) A member of the Fenian Brotherhood or the Irish Republican Brotherhood, Irish republican organizations active in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
  3. Noun.  (derogatory, _) A Catholic, especially one of Irish ethnicity or descent.
  4. Noun.  (derogatory, _) A supporter of Scottish association football club Celtic F.C..

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