"greenshirt" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: greenshirts [plural]
Etymology: Bahuvrihi compound of green + shirt. Compare Brownshirt in Nazi sense. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|green|shirt}} green + shirt, {{m|en|Brownshirt}} Brownshirt Head templates: {{en-noun}} greenshirt (plural greenshirts)
  1. (Canada, historical, derogatory) A member of Canada's Social Credit Party, which was thought by its opponents to resemble a fascist movement, at least in its style and presentation. Tags: Canada, derogatory, historical
    Sense id: en-greenshirt-en-noun-CU0EnSfs Categories (other): Canadian English, English bahuvrihi compounds Disambiguation of English bahuvrihi compounds: 50 50
  2. A member of the Iron Guard death squads in Romania. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-greenshirt-en-noun-1KQ6vRa7 Disambiguation of People: 37 62 Categories (other): English bahuvrihi compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English bahuvrihi compounds: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 38 62 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Blackshirt, Brownshirt, Blueshirt

Inflected forms

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