Whiteboy en · NOUN
Etymology
From white + boy, from the white smocks the members wore in their nightly raids.
Meanings
- A member of the Whiteboys, a secret Irish agrarian organization in 18th-century Ireland, using violent tactics to defend tenant farmers' land rights for subsistence farming.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiteboys | Number=Plur | lexicographic |