Northern Irelander

English

Etymology

From Northern Ireland +‎ -er.

Noun

Northern Irelander (plural Northern Irelanders)

1. A person from Northern Ireland
   • 2003, Carol Daugherty Rasnic, “Epilogue”, in Northern Ireland: Can Sean and John Live in Peace? : An American Legal Perspective, →ISBN, page 300:

     Secondly, he had noted from his days as a student in England that the British “look upon those from Northern Ireland as Irish,” and the entire island as an entity connected by what he called “Irish things,” such as Catholic banning of suggestive movies. He told me that a Northern Irelander in Great Britain is not regarded as a citizen of the United Kingdom, but simply someone from Ireland.

Related terms

• Northern Irish
• Northern Irishman
• Northern Irishwoman