A Special

English

Noun

A Special (plural A Specials)

1. (historical) A member of a special police force from Northern Ireland.

Related terms

• B Special
• C Special

References

• Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “A Special”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 1.