Meaning of buckeen | Babel Free
Definitions
a poor young man of the lower Anglo-Irish gentry who aspires to the habits and dress of the wealthy.
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.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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