Fenian
/ˈfiːnɪən/noun
1- a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, a 19th-century revolutionary nationalist organization among the Irish in the US and Ireland. The Fenians staged an unsuccessful revolt in Ireland in 1867 and were responsible for isolated revolutionary acts against the British until the early 20th century, when they were gradually eclipsed by the IRA.芬尼亚组织成员（即爱尔兰共和兄弟会成员, 该组织是19世纪爱尔兰人在美国和爱尔兰的革命民族主义组织, 1867年在爱尔兰发动起义失败, 遂从事孤立的反英革命行动直至20世纪初, 此后逐渐为爱尔兰共和军所取代）。
1.1
- informal, offensive (chiefly in Northern Ireland) a Protestant name for a Catholic〈非正式, 冒犯〉（主北爱尔兰）芬尼亚（新教徒对天主教徒的称呼）。
派生词
Fenianism
noun词源
from Old Irish féne, the name of an ancient Irish people, confused with fíann, fianna （see FIANNA FÁIL）.