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Meaning of buckeen | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

a poor young man of the lower Anglo-Irish gentry who aspires to the habits and dress of the wealthy.

Ireland, historical

Examples

“Probably no other country could produce such a degraded type as the squireen or buckeen, the drunken, gambling, profligate descendant of the Cromwellian or Williamite settler.”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

Buckelew Buckenbowra Buckenderra Buckenham Bucker Buckeridge