# Ribbonism

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A 19th-century popular movement of Catholics in Ireland, active against landlords and their agents, and opposed to the ideology of the Protestant Orange Order.

## Etymology
From ribbon + -ism, from the green badge they wore.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ribbonism