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ORANGE GROUP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Orange Group mean? 

ORANGE GROUP (noun)
  The noun ORANGE GROUP has 1 sense:

1. a terrorist group of Protestants who oppose any political settlement with Irish nationalists; a paramilitary group that attacks Catholic interests in Northern Irelandplay

  Familiarity information: ORANGE GROUP used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ORANGE GROUP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A terrorist group of Protestants who oppose any political settlement with Irish nationalists; a paramilitary group that attacks Catholic interests in Northern Ireland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Orange Group; OV

Instance hypernyms:

foreign terrorist organization; FTO; terrorist group; terrorist organization (a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals)

Domain category:

act of terrorism; terrorism; terrorist act (the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear)

Domain region:

Northern Ireland (a division of the United Kingdom located on the northern part of the island of Ireland)


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