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whiteboy
Whiteboy (noun) means a member of a secret group of Irish farmers in the 1700s who used violence to protect tenants' rights to their land.
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A member of a secret group of Irish farmers in the 1700s who used violence to protect tenants' rights to their land.
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Etymology
Formed from white and boy, from the white smocks the members wore on their nightly raids.
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"whiteboy" (noun) means a member of a secret group of Irish farmers in the 1700s who used violence to protect tenants' rights to their land.
