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RAF

noun

The airforce of Great Britain. Synonym: Royal Air Force.

A Marxist and Maoist terrorist organization in Germany; a network of underground guerillas who committed acts of violence in the service of the class struggle; a successor to the Baader-Meinhof Gang; became one of Europe's most feared terrorist groups; disbanded in 1998. Synonym: Red Army Faction.

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"Raf" Quotes from Famous Books

... grippin' on the hilt, An' step that proves ye Victory's daughter! Longin' for you, our sperits wilt Like shipwrecked men's on raf's for water. ...

— The Negro and the Nation - A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement • George S. Merriam

... But proud, to meet a people proud, With eyes thet tell o' triumph tasted! Come, with han' grippin' on the hilt, An' step thet proves ye Victory's daughter! Longin' for you, our sperits wilt Like shipwrecked men's on raf's for water. 160 ...

— The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell • James Lowell

... Aschi hath said, he who goes from the Halacha (the Talmudical teaching) to the Scripture will have no more luck; [Footnote: Talmud, tract. Chagiga, fol. X. col. I. Raf Aschi, the author the Gemara, a portion of the Talmud.] and good luck we all prize dearly ...

— Sidonia The Sorceress V2 • William Mienhold