English Dictionary

polyester Protestant

名詞

アイルランド英語 軽蔑的 くだけた表現

(Ireland, informal, derogatory) A newcomer in the Church of Ireland; an Irish Anglican by conviction.

日本語の意味

（アイルランドでの俗語・軽蔑的表現）アイルランド国教会に新たに加入した人、または信念に基づくアイルランド系英国国教徒

When he began attending the local church, some parishioners sneered 'polyester Protestant' at him because he was new to their congregation.

地元の教会に通い始めると、彼が教会に新しく来たため、何人かの教区民が彼を侮蔑的に「アイルランド国教会の新参者」と呼んで嘲りました。

意味（1）

(Ireland, informal, derogatory) A newcomer in the Church of Ireland; an Irish Anglican by conviction.

I recently was astonished by the following phrase, Polyester Protestants being used to describe those whom I have delineated as Anglicans by conviction. This phrase was reported to me by a member of the community in a prestigious institution in Dublin suburbia and is in current use. It is reported to me as being used in that institution by cradle members of the Church of Ireland to describe fellow community members who are Anglicans by conviction.

polyester Protestants （ plural ）