greenshirtn.
/ˈɡriːnʃəːt/, U.S. /ˈɡrinˌʃərt/ A person who wears a green shirt, esp. to indicate membership of a team, organization, or political party.Often with capital initial when used with reference to a specific group.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > [noun] > attachment to party > one attached to party > member of party known by colour
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1837 R. M. Bird Nick of Woods I. iii. 58 I'm for any man that insults me! logleg or leather-breeches, green-shirt or blanket-coat, land-trotter or riverroller.
1909 Daily News (New Westminster, Brit. Columbia) 9 Aug. 1 (heading) Unexpected victory [in lacrosse]—Greenshirts resort to the slashing tactics.
1941 Jewish Post (Indianapolis) 14 Feb. 1/2 In the attack on the Sephardic temple [in Bucharest], a mob of several hundred Greenshirts..stormed the building with clubs and stones.
2014 Right Vision News (Pakistan) (Nexis) 20 Dec. The Pakistan hockey team has returned home with a silver medal..; a great achievement for the Greenshirts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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