SINN FEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sinn Fein mean? 

• SINN FEIN (noun)
  The noun SINN FEIN has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: SINN FEIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SINN FEIN (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)