A Protestant, (as termed by Roman Catholics), that is in the context of their religious beliefs, or those who have been born in the Protestant tradition, or sometimes those implied to be Protestant by their political ideology of Irish unionism or Ulster loyalism
If you prod someone into doing something, you remind or persuade them to do it. The report should prod the Government into spending more on the Health Service His remark prodded her to ask where Mora had gone. see also cattle prod. Used as a disparaging term for a Protestant
To thrust some pointed instrument into; to prick with something sharp; as, to prod a soldier with a bayonet; to prod oxen; hence, to goad, to incite, to worry; as, to prod a student
a pointed instrument used to prod into motion urge on; cause to act; "They other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window
If you prod someone or something, you give them a quick push with your finger or with a pointed object. He prodded Murray with the shotgun Prod the windowsills to check for signs of rot Cathy was prodding at a boiled egg. = poke Prod is also a noun. He gave the donkey a mighty prod in the backside. = poke