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BROWNSHIRT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of the Nazi SA which wore brown uniforms
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Brownshirt" is a kind of...):
German Nazi; Nazi (a German member of Adolf Hitler's political party)
Domain region:
Deutschland; Federal Republic of Germany; FRG; Germany (a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990)
Holonyms ("Brownshirt" is a member of...):
SA; Storm Troops; Sturmabteilung (Nazi militia created by Hitler in 1921 that helped him to power but was eclipsed by the SS after 1943)
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