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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