NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A powerful lobby that advocates the right to own and bear arms and rejects any gun regulation by the government

Synonyms:

National Rifle Association; NRA

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("National Rifle Association" is a kind of...):

advocacy group; lobby; lobby group; pressure group; special-interest group; special interest; special interest group; third house (an interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying)

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