Sentence:  The fear of <WSD>intermixers</WSD> was not new, nor was the dread of native customs and culture. The hostility to the purveyors and symbols of native barbarity – the language, dress, manners, bards, poets, harpers, and others – was expressed in the Statutes of Kilkenny and resurrected in 1536 during the Kildare rebellion. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  One who mixes or mingles with others.