provo
noun
1
a 1960s Dutch counterculture revolutionary NETHERLANDS, 1970.
2
a military police officer. From provost marshall. Can be used with a capital: 'Provo' AUSTRALIA, 1943
Provo
⇨ Provo; Provie; Provvie
noun a member of the
Provisional wing of the IRA, subsequently
Provisional IRA. More than a simple abbreviation, Provo is probably influenced by 'Provo' (a member of a group of 1960s Dutch political activists) derived from French
provocateur (an aggressor)
UK: NORTHERN IRELAND, 1971