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Falangist

American  
[fuh-lan-jist] / fəˈlæn dʒɪst /

noun

  1. a member of the Falange.


Etymology

Origin of Falangist

1935–40; < Spanish falangista; Falange, -ist

Example Sentences

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The most systematic study of the Falangist leader’s political thought is N. Meuser, “Nation, Staat und Politik bei José Antonio Primo de Rivera,” Ph.D. diss.,

From Slate • Feb. 7, 2017

During the “universal fascism” phase of the mid-1930s, the Italian taxonomists somewhat inconclusively decided that Falangists were indeed fascists because of their belief in “authority, hierarchy, order” and their anti-materialist Falangist “mysticism.”

From Slate • Feb. 7, 2017

Cernuda died in exile, Miguel Hernández in a Falangist prison.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2013

But the tale shifts as he tracks down the anti-fascist militiaman, who may have spared the Falangist, to an old people's home in France, finding a neglected hero.

From The Guardian • Apr. 4, 2011

Because Havana was the base headquarters in the Western Hemisphere for all Falangist work.

From The Five Arrows by Chase, Allan