Sinn Fein
a political organization in Ireland, founded about 1905, advocating the complete political separation from Great Britain of a unified Ireland.
a member of this organization.
Origin of Sinn Fein
1Other words from Sinn Fein
- Sinn Feiner, noun
- Sinn Feinism, noun
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How to use Sinn Fein in a sentence
Sinn Fein, the political wing of the IRA as it used to quaintly be called, says Martin McGuinness will shake Queen's hand.
The shooting is by no means over, as many of the Sinn Fein strongholds refuse to surrender.
The Sinn Fein rebellion As I Saw It. | Mrs. Hamilton NorwayBut before it ceased publication the Sinn Fein Movement had been successfully inaugurated.
The Evolution of Sinn Fein | Robert Mitchell HenryThe attitude of this new republican movement to that of the previous Sinn Fein movement is clearly defined in a subsequent leader.
The Evolution of Sinn Fein | Robert Mitchell HenrySinn Fein continued loudly to proclaim its policy of opposition to the use of force.
The Evolution of Sinn Fein | Robert Mitchell Henry
Sinn Fein was at the time to all outward seeming an insignificant and discredited party with an impossible programme.
The Evolution of Sinn Fein | Robert Mitchell Henry
British Dictionary definitions for Sinn Féin
/ (ˈʃɪn ˈfeːn) /
an Irish republican political movement founded about 1905 and linked to the revolutionary Irish Republican Army: divided into a Provisional and an Official movement since a similar split in the IRA in late 1969
Origin of Sinn Féin
1Derived forms of Sinn Féin
- Sinn Finer, noun
- Sinn Finism, noun
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Cultural definitions for Sinn Fein
[ (shin fayn) ]
An Irish political party (in Gaelic it means “Ourselves Alone”) that has long combatted Great Britain's influence in Ireland and sought the unification of Northern Ireland with the Irish republic in the south; generally considered the political portion of the Irish Republican Army. One wing of it has engaged in terrorism.
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