mé féiner

English

Etymology

Irish mé féin (“myself”) +‎ -er. After Sinn Féiner, supporter of Sinn Féin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /meɪ feɪnɚ/

Noun

mé féiner (plural mé féiners)

(Ireland, derogatory) Someone who acts from self-interest, rather than the common good or the national interest.
- 2015 June 29, Eoghan Plunkett, quoted in Ronan McGreevy "On 1916, and why Michael Collins 'was a pup'" The Irish Times:
  As far as he was concerned, de Valera just fixed things for himself. He was a mé féiner.

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