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Word: Brownshirt
Speech Type: Noun
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈbraʊnʃəːt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a member of a Nazi militia founded by Hitler in Munich in 1921, with brown uniforms resembling those of Mussolini's Blackshirts. They aided Hitler's rise to power, but were eclipsed by the SS after the ‘night of the long knives’ in June 1934.
Short Definition:member of Nazi militia founded by Hitler in Munich in 1921, with brown uniforms
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