GREENPEACE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Greenpeace mean? 

• GREENPEACE (noun)
  The noun GREENPEACE has 1 sense:

1. an international organization that works for environmental conservation and the preservation of endangered species

  Familiarity information: GREENPEACE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GREENPEACE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An international organization that works for environmental conservation and the preservation of endangered species

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Instance hypernyms:

NGO; nongovernmental organization (an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government)

 Context examples 

At the Museum of the Environment on Thursday (Oct 20), the minister received two boxes containing more than 800,000 signatures collected by Greenpeace and other organisations.

(Brazil to support South Atlantic whale sanctuary bid, Agência BRASIL)

In Brazil, whaling has been banned since 1986, according to Greenpeace Public Policy Coordinator Márcio Astrini.

(Brazil to support South Atlantic whale sanctuary bid, Agência BRASIL)