Etymology

Orangeman

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Today it means: A member of the Loyal Orange Institution or Orange Order, an international Protestant fraternal order advocating continued British rule over Northern Ireland. Full definition →

Middle English man ← Old English mann ← Proto-West Germanic *mann
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  1. EnglishOrange
  2. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  3. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  5. Old Englishmann
  6. Middle Englishman
  7. English todayOrangeman

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

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