Guildford Four

proper noun

A group of four individuals who were wrongly charged with direct involvement in the Guildford pub bombings of 5 October 1974 in Guildford, Surrey, England, with alleged ties to the Provisional Irish Republican Army, an Irish republican terrorist organization.

Meanings

proper nounthe Guildford Four
  1. historicalA group of four individuals who were wrongly charged with direct involvement in the Guildford pub bombings of 5 October 1974 in Guildford, Surrey, England, with alleged ties to the Provisional Irish Republican Army, an Irish republican terrorist organization.
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