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Webster 1913 Edition
Fenian
Fe′ni-an
,Noun.
[From the
Finians
or Fenii
, the old militia of Ireland, who were so called from Fin
or Finn
, Fionn
, or Fingal
, a popular hero of Irish traditional history.] A member of a secret organization, consisting mainly of Irishmen, having for its aim the overthrow of English rule in Ireland.
Fe′ni-an
,Adj.
Pertaining to Fenians or to Fenianism.