mé féiners

A form of mé féiner — Someone who acts from self-interest, rather than the common good or the national interest.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of mé féiner

    1970s Seán Macentee, quoted in Dermot Keogh Twentieth-Century Ireland p.309 (New Gill History of Ireland, Vol.6; Gill & Macmillan Ltd, 2005) →ISBN Parties have to compete for votes with promises rather than policies. ... We are becoming a nation of "mé féiners".

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mé féiners. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/m%C3%A9%20f%C3%A9iners

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Chicago

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