Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A member of an Irish Ribbon lodge; an adherent of Ribbonism.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A member of the Ribbon Society. See Ribbon Society, under
ribbon .
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[Footnote 3: Celidh, pronounced cayley, a visit.] [Footnote 4: A ribbonman -- a member of a secret agrarian society.]
Three Plays Padraic Colum 1926
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