[shin feyn] 
| 1. | a political organization in Ireland, founded about 1905, advocating the complete political separation from Great Britain of a unified Ireland. |
| 2. | a member of this organization. |
| Sinn Fein (shĭn fān', fě'ĭn) 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. [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).] Sinn Fein'er n., Sinn' Fein'ism n. |