Etymology

orangey

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Today it means: A Protestant, especially one that is a member of the Protestant unionist community of Northern Ireland. Full definition →

English orange ← Middle English orenge ← Middle French orange
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orangey · adjective1

  1. Italianmelarancia
  2. Old FrenchOrengeinflu.
  3. Old Occitanauranjainflu.
  4. Old Frenchpomme d'orenge
  5. Old Frenchorenge
  6. Middle Frenchorange
  7. Middle Englishorenge
  8. Englishorange
  9. English todayorangey

From orange + -y.

Orangey · noun2

It comes from the identification that Protestants have in Northern Ireland as supporters of the memory of King William III, "Prince of Orange", the color is often identified with the fraternal Protestant Orange Order.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.