ALL meanings of molly maguire
Mol·ly Ma·guire
M m - noun molly maguire Irish History. a member of a secret terrorist society organized in Ireland in 1843 to prevent evictions by the government: so called because the members disguised themselves as women. 1
- noun molly maguire U.S. History. a member of a former secret association, organized about 1865, that terrorized the mine operators' agents in an effort to get relief from oppressive conditions in the anthracite coal-mining regions of Pennsylvania: ceased to function about 1877. 1
- noun molly maguire a member of a secret society that terrorized law officers during the 1840s to prevent evictions 0
- noun molly maguire (in Pennsylvania from about 1865 to 1877) a member of a society of miners that terrorized mine owners and their agents in an effort to obtain better pay 0