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Brown_Shirt

Brown Shirt

See also: brownshirt and Brownshirt

English

Alternative forms

  • brown shirt

Noun

Brown Shirt ‎(plural Brown Shirts)

  1. (Nazism) A storm trooper of the Sturmabteilung
  2. A Nazi or other fascist

Etymology

From German Braunhemd, the nickname for a member of the Sturmabteilung. The color of the shirts of the Sturmabteilung uniform were brown.

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