Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun 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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- proper noun An
Irish political party committed to thereunification ofIreland .
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- noun 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
Etymologies
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Examples
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"We believe the time has come for these people to drop the name Sinn Fein and no longer claim to be the republican movement."
Slugger O'Toole 2009
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"We believe the time has come for these people to drop the name Sinn Fein and no longer claim to be the republican movement."
Slugger O'Toole 2009
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"We believe the time has come for these people to drop the name Sinn Fein and no longer claim to be the republican movement."
Slugger O'Toole 2009
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He refers to Provisional Sinn Fein and on the theme of party names the name Sinn Fein is also outdated and at odds with their aims and objectives - 'ourselves alone' does not sit well with inclusivity, equality - infact the name may be contributing to the isolating factor
Slugger O'Toole 2009
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"We believe the time has come for these people to drop the name Sinn Fein and no longer claim to be the republican movement."
Slugger O'Toole 2009
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She called the Sinn Fein leader "babe", as she did everybody, but more seriously she confided her differences with Tony Blair and said she was "fighting like f***!" to stay on as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
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"the time has come for these people to drop the name Sinn Fein"
Slugger O'Toole 2009
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"the time has come for these people to drop the name Sinn Fein"
Slugger O'Toole 2009
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Can anybody recall Sinn Fein being mentioned in despatches on the BBC?
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Their political wing known as Sinn Fein won many seats in the Northern Ireland parliament and also in the Ireland parliament.
Washington's new outlook on their blunder in the Middle East 2007
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