shoneen

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An Irish person considered excessively Anglophile, an Irish person who acts English or desires to be part of English society. Ireland,derogatory,ethnic,slur
    — Good Father John O'Hart In penal days rode out To a shoneen who had free lands And his own snipe and trout.

词形变化

shoneens plural

词源

Borrowed from Irish Seoinín (“Johnny”), from Seán (“John, John Bull”) + -ín (diminutive suffix).
1 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary