Williamite

English

Etymology

William +‎ -ite

Noun

Williamite (plural Williamites)

A follower of King William III of England who deposed King James II in the Glorious Revolution.
- 1922 February, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare & Co.; Sylvia Beach, OCLC 560090630; republished London: Published for the Egoist Press, London by John Rodker, Paris, October 1922, OCLC 2297483:
  Episode 12, The Cyclops
  We fought for the royal Stuarts that reneged us against the Williamites and they betrayed us.

Translations

a follower of King William III of England

Irish: Clann Bhullaí f (collective, 'the Williamites')

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