Fenian

英 ['fi:niən] 美
  • n. 芬尼亚会会员(指19世纪爱尔兰争取民族独立的反英运动);芬尼安英雄
  • adj. 芬尼亚会的;芬尼亚主义的
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Fenian 芬尼运动成员(致力于争取爱尔兰脱离英国统治)

来自古爱尔兰语Fiann,勇士,词源同win.

Fenian (n.)
1816, a modern Irish blend of Old Irish feinne, plural of Fiann, name of a band of semi-legendary Irish warriors + Old Irish Fene, name of the ancient inhabitants of Ireland. In reference to Irish-American brotherhood of that name (founded 1857), attested by 1864.