"Brownshirt" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Brownshirts [plural]
Etymology: Calque of German Braunhemd, the nickname for a member of the Sturmabteilung, in reference to their brown uniforms. Equivalent to brown + shirt. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|de|Braunhemd}} Calque of German Braunhemd, {{compound|en|brown|shirt}} brown + shirt Head templates: {{en-noun}} Brownshirt (plural Brownshirts)
  1. (historical) A uniformed member of the German Nazi Party (NSDAP), especially a storm trooper of the Sturmabteilung. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Nazism, People Synonyms: brownshirt, Brown shirt, brown shirt Derived forms: digital brownshirt Related terms: Blackshirt, Blueshirt, Greenshirt Translations (a uniformed member of the Nazi party): camisa negra [feminine] (Catalan), hnědá košile [feminine] (Czech), brunskjorte [common-gender] (Danish), bruinhemd [neuter] (Dutch), ruskeapaita (Finnish), chemise brune [feminine] (French), Braunhemd [neuter] (German), camicia bruna [feminine] (Italian), 突撃隊員 (totsugekitaiin) (Japanese), brunatna koszula [feminine] (Polish), camisa-parda [masculine] (Portuguese), camisa-marrom [masculine] (Portuguese), camisa-castanha [masculine] (Portuguese), cămașă brună [feminine] (Romanian), коричневоруба́шечник (koričnevorubášečnik) [masculine] (Russian), смеђекошуљаш (smeđekošuljaš) [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), camisa parda [masculine] (Spanish), Morenazi [masculine] (Spanish), brunskjorta [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  2. Any member of a fascist party; any person accused of being neofascist or neo-Nazi.
    Sense id: en-Brownshirt-en-noun-IfftSLFb

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      "word": "brunskjorta"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Sturmabteilung"
  ],
  "word": "Brownshirt"
}

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