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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions shoneen noun  (Anglo-Irish, derogatory) One who prefers English attitudes, customs or lifestyle to Irish ones. 1889: Good Father John O'Hart / In penal days rode out / To a who had free lands / And his own snipe and trout. " WB Yeats, "The Ballad of Father O'Hart" 1922: So then the citizens begin talking about the Irish language and the corporation meeting and all to that and the shoneens that can"t speak their own language " James Joyce, Ulysses Etymology: Irish seónín, from Seón "John" + -ín diminutive suffix.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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