Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brownshirt

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English

Syllables: brown-shirt
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A uniformed member of the German Nazi Party (NSDAP), especially a storm trooper of the Sturmabteilung.

noun

Any member of a fascist party; a neofascist or neo-Nazi.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Brownshirt.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

Calque of German Braunhemd, the nickname for a member of the Sturmabteilung, in reference to their brown uniforms. Equivalent to brown + shirt.

Inflected Forms

Brownshirts (plural) brown shirt (alternative)

Phrases

digital brownshirt

Frequently Paired Words

Blackshirt Blueshirt greenshirt

Questions

What does brownshirt mean?: A uniformed member of the German Nazi Party (NSDAP), especially a storm trooper of the Sturmabteilung.
Where does brownshirt come from?: Calque of German Braunhemd, the nickname for a member of the Sturmabteilung, in reference to their brown uniforms. Equivalent to brown + shirt.

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