"DUP" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} DUP
  1. (UK politics) Initialism of Democratic Unionist Party. Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Democratic Unionist Party
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