Provos
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- proper noun
- Slang
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Provos
- Colene cried, hauling Provos after her as she circled the most promising mountain.
- Provos, the Provisional IRA
Examples
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Maybe Provos had known this other woman for decades before, but this was at the end of their acquaintance, so it counted for nothing.
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So now Colene could understand Provos, but Provos couldn't understand Colene.
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Fortunately, both she and Provos were experienced here and would not make obvious mistakes.
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So Provos was heading for her own anchor, which must be close, where she could get those supplies.
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Colene and Provos returned with water.
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Colene looked at Nona, who was staring in horror at Provos.
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Obviously, Provos did remember enough to make her certain of her direction, but it couldn't be of these transitory realities.
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Colene was the first to follow Seqiro; then came Nona, Provos, and Darius himself.
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Colene exchanged a glance with Provos, who presumably remembered a similar occurrence in the near future.
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During the conflict in Northern Ireland, many young men were drawn to the Provos as an act of rebellion.
Synonyms
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A group of people who use violence to try to end British rule in Northern Ireland and unite Ireland
An armed Irish group that used violence to end British rule in Northern Ireland
An armed Irish group that used violence to fight British troops in Northern Ireland and unite Ireland
Surface Forms
Morphology
Provos = Provo (semi-transparent) = Provo + s
The plural '-s' is regular, but 'Provo' is a clipped, culture-specific nickname whose full sense depends on knowledge of the Provisional IRA.
Etymology
Provos is the informal name for members of the 'Provisional Irish Republican Army', since one person was called a Provo and several were called Provos. So the word is used to mean the people who belonged to that group.