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
中文词源
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.
英文词源
- 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.