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Brownshirt en · NOUN

Etymology

Calque of German Braunhemd, the nickname for a member of the Sturmabteilung, in reference to their brown uniforms. Equivalent to brown + shirt.

Meanings

1. (historical) 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. 1977, Patrick Leigh Fermor, “The Munich Hofbräuhaus”, in A Time of Gifts:
2. Any member of a fascist party; a neofascist or neo-Nazi.

Forms

Deriveds

digital brownshirt

Relateds

Blueshirt · greenshirt · Blackshirt

Translations (19)

fr chemise brune (a uniformed member of the Nazi party) · it camicia bruna (a uniformed member of the Nazi party) · es Morenazi (a uniformed member of the Nazi party) · da brunskjorte (a uniformed member of the Nazi party) · pl brunatna koszula (a uniformed member of the Nazi party) · ca camisa negra (a uniformed member of the Nazi party) · pt camisa-castanha (a uniformed member of the Nazi party) · es camisa parda (a uniformed member of the Nazi party) · ru коричневоруба́шечник (a uniformed member of the Nazi party) · ja 突撃隊員 (a uniformed member of the Nazi party) · sh смеђекошуљаш (a uniformed member of the Nazi party) · ro cămașă brună (a uniformed member of the Nazi party) · pt camisa-marrom (a uniformed member of the Nazi party) · nl bruinhemd (a uniformed member of the Nazi party) · cs hnědá košile (a uniformed member of the Nazi party) · de Braunhemd (a uniformed member of the Nazi party) · pt camisa-parda (a uniformed member of the Nazi party) · sv brunskjorta (a uniformed member of the Nazi party) · fi ruskeapaita (a uniformed member of the Nazi party)

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