brownshirt
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Brownshirt¹
Where it comes from
Calque of German Braunhemd, the nickname for a member of the Sturmabteilung, in reference to their brown uniforms. Equivalent to brown + shirt.
noun Brownshirts · brownshirt · brown shirt
- A uniformed member of the German Nazi Party (NSDAP), especially a storm trooper of the Sturmabteilung. A heavy arched door was pouring a raucous and lurching party of Brownshirts on to the trampled snow. […] Half-way up the vaulted stairs a groaning Brownshirt, propped against the wall on a swastika'd arm, was unloosing, in a staunchless gush down the steps, the intake of hours.
- Any member of a fascist party; a neofascist or neo-Nazi.
brownshirt²
noun brownshirts
- Alternative letter-case form of Brownshirt
Translations
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noun a uniformed member of the Nazi party
| Español | camisa parda, Morenazi |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 突撃隊員 totsugekitaiin |
| Português | camisa-parda, camisa-marrom, camisa-castanha |
| Français | chemise brune |
| Deutsch | Braunhemd |
| Italiano | camicia bruna |
| Română | cămașă brună |
| Русский | коричневоруба́шечник koričnevorubášečnik |
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