irish republican army

Questions about irish republican army

What does irish republican army mean?

irish republican army means "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".

What is another word for irish republican army?

Close synonyms include IRA, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Provisional IRA, Provos. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is irish republican army a common word?

irish republican army is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.