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SINN FEIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An Irish republican political movement founded in 1905 to promote independence from England and unification of Ireland; became the political branch of the Irish Republican Army
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Sinn Fein" is a kind of...):
political movement (a group of people working together to achieve a political goal)
Holonyms ("Sinn Fein" is a part of...):
IRA; Irish Republican Army; Provisional IRA; Provisional Irish Republican Army; Provos (a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland)