Ōr'ange-man, n.

(ōr'enj-), n.; pl. ŌR'ANGE-MEN. A member of a secret society instituted in Ireland in 1795, whose aim was to uphold Protestantism, and discourage Roman Catholicism. It had lodges, office-bearers, a distinctive color, being orange, whence the name. This organization was suppressed by act of Parliament in 1836. Brande.