Definition of irish

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Irish (a.) Of or pertaining to Ireland or to its inhabitants; produced in Ireland.

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Irish :: Irish (n. sing. & pl.) The natives or inhabitants of Ireland, esp. the Celtic natives or their descendants..
Gairish :: Gairish (n.) Alt. of Gairish/nes.
Irish :: Irish (a.) Of or pertaining to Ireland or to its inhabitants; produced in Ireland.
Shamrock :: Shamrock (n.) A trifoliate plant used as a national emblem by the Irish. The legend is that St. Patrick once plucked a leaf of it for use in illustrating the doctrine of the trinity.
Gairishly :: Gairishly (n.) Alt. of Gairish/nes.
Irish :: Irish (n. sing. & pl.) An old game resembling backgammon.
Rapparee :: Rapparee (n.) A wild Irish plunderer, esp. one of the 17th century; -- so called from his carrying a half-pike, called a rapary..
Wake :: Wake (n.) The sitting up of persons with a dead body, often attended with a degree of festivity, chiefly among the Irish..
Disestablishment :: Disestablishment (n.) The act or process of unsettling or breaking up that which has been established; specifically, the withdrawal of the support of the state from an established church; as, the disestablishment and disendowment of the Irish Church by Act of Parliament..
Booly :: Booly (n.) A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like the Tartars; also, a place in the mountain pastures inclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers..
Irishism :: Irishism (n.) A mode of speaking peculiar to the Irish; an Hibernicism.
Teague :: Teague (n.) An Irishman; -- a term used in contempt.
Absentee :: Absentee (n.) One who absents himself from his country, office, post, or duty; especially, a landholder who lives in another country or district than that where his estate is situated; as, an Irish absentee..
Gadhelic :: Gadhelic (a.) Of or pertaining to that division of the Celtic languages, which includes the Irish, Gaelic, and Manx..
Fairish :: Fairish (a.) Tolerably fair.
Brogue :: Brogue (v. t.) A dialectic pronunciation; esp. the Irish manner of pronouncing English.
Hibernianism :: Hibernianism (n.) An idiom or mode of speech peculiar to the Irish.
Brehon :: Brehon (n.) An ancient Irish or Scotch judge.
Swaddling :: Swaddler (n.) A term of contempt for an Irish Methodist.
Anglo- :: Anglo- () A combining form meaning the same as English; or English and, or English conjoined with; as, Anglo-Turkish treaty, Anglo-German, Anglo-Irish..
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