noun
- a young man of the Irish gentry or upper class, especially one who is arrogant or pretentious
Usage: Irish English; historical
Examples
- The local buckeen strutted through the village square in his fine clothes.
- He was dismissed as just another buckeen with more money than sense.
- The buckeen’s arrogant manner made him unpopular with the townspeople.
- She refused to be impressed by the young buckeen’s boastful stories.
- The novel depicted the clash between humble farmers and wealthy buckeens.