loyalist volunteer force

1. 1.

   a terrorist group formed in 1996 in Northern Ireland; seeks to prevent the peace process; murders Catholics and any Protestant leaders who favor peace

   Broaderterrorist organization

   Northern Ireland · terrorism

Questions about loyalist volunteer force

What does loyalist volunteer force mean?

loyalist volunteer force means "a terrorist group formed in 1996 in Northern Ireland; seeks to prevent the peace process; murders Catholics and any Protestant leaders who favor peace".

Is loyalist volunteer force a common word?

loyalist volunteer force 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.