Bible Encyclopedias
Whiteboys
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
A secret Irish organisation that at the beginning of George III.'s reign asserted their grievances by perpetrating agrarian outrages; so called from the white smocks the members wore in their nightly raids.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Whiteboys'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/w/whiteboys.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.