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Ribbonism
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English
Etymology
From en ribbon ism, from the green badge they wore.
Proper noun
en historical A 19th-century popular movement of Catholics in Ireland, active against landlords and their agents, and opposed to the ideology of the Protestant Orange Order.
Related terms
en Ribbonman