SinnFein

SinnFein
Sinn Fein (shĭn fānʹ, fĕʹĭn) 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-.]   Sinn Feinʹer n. Sinn' Feinʹism n.

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