Buckeen
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Buckeen is a noun meaning (Ireland, historical) a poor young man of the lower Anglo-Irish gentry who aspires to the habits and dress of the wealthy.
Meaning
(Ireland, historical) a poor young man of the lower Anglo-Irish gentry who aspires to the habits and dress of the wealthy.
Example Sentences
Probably no other country could produce such a degraded type as the squireen or buckeen, the drunken, gambling, profligate descendant of the Cromwellian or Williamite settler.
Word Forms
- buckeens
Related Words
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