orangeman
/ˈɒɹɪnd͡ʒmən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A member of the Loyal Orange Institution or Orange Order, an international Protestant fraternal order advocating continued British rule over Northern Ireland.
noun
Any advocate of continued British rule over Northern Ireland, especially such Protestant advocates in Northern Ireland itself.
Etymology
Etymology tree English Orange Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English Orangeman From Orange (“title held by William III of England”) + -man.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈɒɹɪnd͡ʒmən/