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Provos meaning
plural of Provo
Example sentences (4)
The Official IRA and the Provisional (or “Provos”) split in 1969, with the latter urging more direct paramilitary attacks in the war for independence from Great Britain.
However O’Callaghan later fell out with the Provos in complicated circumstances, apparently linked to family disputes in the borderlands, and his headstone in Crossmaglen “carries no hint he was ever an IRA volunteer”.
An ad for the Everglades Hotel read: “Be A Derry Girl” – immediately conjuring up images of hordes of tourists in green school uniforms and wild hair, freaking out about exams, boys and Provos in the boots of their cars.
The Provisional IRA, or "Provos", as they became known, sought to establish itself as the defender of the nationalist community.