Sinn Fein (redirected from Sinn Feiner)

Sinn Fein  (shn fn, fn)

n.

An Irish political and cultural society founded about 1905 to promote political and economic independence from England, unification of Ireland, and a renewal of Irish culture. It now constitutes the political branch of the Irish Republican Army.

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[Irish Gaelic sinn féin : sinn, we (from Middle Irish, from Old Irish) + féin, self (from Middle Irish, from Old Irish; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots).]

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Sinn Feiner n.

Sinn Feinism n.

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Noun

1.

Sinn Fein - 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 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 political movement - a group of people working together to achieve a political goal

Translations

Sinn Fein [ˌʃɪnˈfeːn] N → Sinn Fein m

Sinn Fein

n (Ir Pol) → Sinn Fein f