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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Used as a disparaging term for a Protestant.

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  • noun slang, sometimes derogatory A Protestant, (as termed by Roman Catholics), that is in the context of their religious beliefs, or those who have been born in the Protestant tradition, or sometimes those implied to be Protestant by their political ideology of Irish unionism or Ulster loyalism.

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