"RPF" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} RPF
  1. Initialism of Rwandan Patriotic Front. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Rwandan Patriotic Front
    Sense id: en-RPF-en-name-BiwRAlqJ Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks

Noun

Forms: RPFs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} RPF (countable and uncountable, plural RPFs)
  1. (fandom slang) Initialism of real person fiction. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, slang, uncountable Alternative form of: real person fiction Categories (topical): Fan fiction
    Sense id: en-RPF-en-noun-X7qAbXW2 Disambiguation of Fan fiction: 19 81 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 77 Topics: lifestyle

Inflected forms

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