Mediterranean Irishman
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Mediterranean Irishman (plural Mediterranean Irishmen)
- (originally UK, humorous, sometimes offensive) A person belonging to an Eastern Mediterranean national group, especially one which was subjected to a period of British rule or occupation, such as the Greeks or Italians.
- 1956 December 27, “Visiting Your Newspaper”, in Oswego Valley News:
- Bart Blandino . . . refers to himself as a Mediterranean Irishman—an expression which never fails to amuse us.