HyperDic: sinn_fein

English > 1 sense of the expression Sinn Fein:
NOUNgroupSinn Feinan Irish republican political movement founded in 1905 to promote independence from England and unification of Ireland
English > Sinn Fein: 1 sense > noun 1, group
MeaningAn 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.
Part ofIrish Republican Army, IRA, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Provisional IRA, ProvosA 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
Broaderpolitical movementA group of people working together to achieve a political goal
SpanishSinn Fein
CatalanSinn Fein

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