brownshirt
brownshirt is the alternative letter-case form of Brownshirt.
Noun capitalized: Brownshirt
Brownshirt (plural Brownshirts)
- 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
- Any member of a fascist party; a neofascist or neo-Nazi.
Forms of brownshirt
| plural | brownshirts |
|---|---|
| plural | Brownshirts |
| alternative form | brownshirt |
| alternative form | brown shirt |
Origin of brownshirt
Calque of German Braunhemd, the nickname for a member of the Sturmabteilung, in reference to their brown uniforms. Equivalent to brown + shirt.
Words formed from brownshirt
Questions about brownshirt
- What does brownshirt mean?
- Brownshirt means a uniformed member of the German Nazi Party (NSDAP), especially a storm trooper of the Sturmabteilung.
- What is brownshirt the alternative letter-case form of?
- Brownshirt is the alternative letter-case form of Brownshirt.
- What part of speech is brownshirt?
- Brownshirt is a noun.
- What is the plural of brownshirt?
- The plural of brownshirt is brownshirts.
Words near brownshirt in the dictionary
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