Etymology

Irgun

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Today it means: A Zionist paramilitary group that operated in Mandatory Palestine between 1931 and 1948. Full definition →

Hebrew ארגון
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromארגון“organization”
  2. English todayIrgun

Borrowed from Hebrew ארגון (irgún, “organization”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.