Usually means: Irish nationalist paramilitary group, 1960s.
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  1. provos: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Provos: Merriam-Webster
  3. Provos: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. Provos: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Provos: Vocabulary.com
  6. Provo's, Provos, provos: Wordnik
  7. Provos: Wiktionary
  8. provos: Dictionary.com
  9. Provos: Rhymezone
  10. provos: FreeDictionary.org
  11. provos: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. Provos: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Provos: Encyclopedia

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  1. Provos: Urban Dictionary

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noun:  a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland

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