单词 | brownshirt |
释义 | Brownshirtn. colloquial. An informal name for: a member of the S.A. (see Sturmabteilung n.), a paramilitary wing of the Nazi party, active in the 1920s and early 1930s (now historical). Also in extended use (hyperbolically and depreciative): a person who is perceived to be authoritarian, autocratic, inflexible, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > German politics > [noun] > principles or policies > Hitlerism or Nazism > supporter of National Socialist1929 Brownshirt1930 Hitlerite1930 Nazi1930 Hitlerist1931 1930 Times 25 Feb. 14/2 The Reichsbanner—like the Nationalist Stahlhelm, the National-Socialist (Fascist) ‘Brown Shirts’, and the now suppressed Communist Red Fighting Front—is nominally an ex-Service men's organization. 1932 Observer 26 June The concession made to Herr Hitler's brown shirts. 1994 U.S. News & World Rep. 31 Jan. 19/1 Musically oriented PC brownshirts have been trying to bring symphony orchestras to heel. 2013 M. Burger Shaping Western Civilization x. 438 In the few weeks before the March 1933 election, Brownshirts freely intimidated political opponents. Compounds brown-shirted adj. now historical designating the S.A., or its members. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing clothing for body (and limbs) > wearing a shirt > types of black-shirted1831 blue-shirted1843 night-shirted1893 brown-shirted1930 1930 Raleigh (W. Va.) Reg. 16 Sept. 1/4 Hitler, a 41-year-old Austrian, is the leader of Germany's brown-shirted Fascists. 1934 Times 16 Jan. A brown-shirted Fascist organization which manifests strong anti-Jewish proclivities. 2005 M. Zusak Book Thief (2007) 67 The brown-shirted extremist members of the NSDAP (otherwise known as the Nazi Party) had marched down Munich Street. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1930 |
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