Brownshirt

brownshirt Brown Shirt English Alternative forms en brownshirt brown shirt Etymology en de Braunhemd, the nickname for a member of the Sturmabteilung, in reference to their brown uniforms. Equivalent to en brown shirt. Noun en historical A uniformed member of the German Nazi Party (NSDAP), especially a storm trooper of the Sturmabteilung. en A Time of Gifts w:Patrick Leigh Fermor 1977 The Munich Hofbräuhaus 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. Any member of a fascist party; a neofascist or neo-Nazi. Derived terms en digital brownshirt Related terms en Blackshirt, en Blueshirt, en greenshirt Translations a uniformed member of the Nazi party Catalan: ca camisa negra f Czech: cs hnědá košile f Danish: da brunskjorte c Dutch: nl bruinhemd n Finnish: fi ruskeapaita French: fr chemise brune f German: de Braunhemd n Italian: it camicia bruna f Japanese: ja 突撃隊員 totsugekitaiin Polish: pl brunatna koszula f Portuguese: pt camisa-parda m, pt camisa-marrom m, pt camisa-castanha m Romanian: ro cămașă brună f Russian: ru коричневоруба́шечник m Serbo-Croatian: sh смеђекошуљаш m smeđekošuljaš Spanish: es camisa parda m, es Morenazi m Swedish: sv brunskjorta c en bahuvrihi compounds en Nazism People en adjective-noun compound nouns