buckeen

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noun

a poor young man of the lower Anglo-Irish gentry who aspires to the habits and dress of the wealthy.

OriginIrish boicín →
First used 18th c.Scrabble 15
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Meanings

nounbuckeen (plural buckeens)

plural buckeens

  1. Irelandhistoricala poor young man of the lower Anglo-Irish gentry who aspires to the habits and dress of the wealthy.First known use 18th c.

    Probably no other country could produce such a degraded type as the squireen or buckeen, the drunken, gambling, profligate descendant of the Cromwellian or Williamite settler.

    1917, William Francis Thomas Butler, Confiscation in Irish history, page 248

Origin

  1. Irishboicín
  2. Englishbuckeen

From Irish boicín, the diminutive of boc. Equivalent to buck + -een.

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APA

buckeen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buckeen

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Chicago

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