the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Of or pertaining to Hibernia, now Ireland; Irish.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Of or pertaining to Hibernia, now Ireland, or to its inhabitants; characteristic of Ireland or the Irish; Irish.
n. A native or an inhabitant of Ireland; a member of the Irish race.
Word Usage
"But the old, simpler order of things had suffered more wrenches than one in this acrid congressional campaign, and the warring factions could unite only on the hibernian proposition that union was impossible."