NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does National Rifle Association mean? • NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION (noun)
The noun NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION has 1 sense:
1. a powerful lobby that advocates the right to own and bear arms and rejects any gun regulation by the government
Familiarity information: NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION (noun)
Meaning:
A powerful lobby that advocates the right to own and bear arms and rejects any gun regulation by the government
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
National Rifle Association; NRA
Hypernyms ("National Rifle Association" is a kind of...):
lobby; pressure group; third house (a group of people who try actively to influence legislation)
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