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Brown Shirt

British  

noun

  1. (in Nazi Germany) a storm trooper

  2. a member of any fascist party or group

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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With the Reichstag about to convene this week, Fascist Hitler, fresh from his conference with President von Hindenburg. set out by motor for a monster Brown Shirt rally at Bad Harzburg.

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