brownshirt
noun
brown·shirt
ˈbrau̇n-ˌshərt 
variants
often Brownshirt
: nazi
especially
: storm trooper
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In short, extreme violence against Jews would no longer be left to the Nazi brownshirts.
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Michael Scott Bryant, The Conversation, 2 Nov. 2023
So too Lewis Milestone’s 1930 All Quiet on the Western Front (#45), at least in Germany, where the movie’s antiwar message caused Nazi brownshirts to disrupt screenings and attack movie patrons.
—J. Hoberman, The New Republic, 22 June 2023
Some elements of the Wolfe collection have already been sold, but the remaining items up for auction Saturday include Hitler’s uniform visor hat, a brownshirt uniform and several medals, including an Iron Cross, Gottlieb said.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2019
Words, as the historian Thucydides warned 2,400 years ago, habitually change their meanings to reflect passing political orthodoxy — and thugs, commissars, and brownshirts oversee the charade.
—Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, 31 Aug. 2017
At the weekend march, the infamous hoods and robes of Klan rallies or brownshirts of neo-Nazis were hard to find, with many dressing like Mr. LaPorte.
—Ben Kesling, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2017
Security forces and brownshirts, working together to crush dissent with brutal violence.
—Jack Holmes, Esquire, 17 May 2017
To the top left, a cake version of every brownshirt’s favorite space ship, Serenity, followed by a Yellow Submarine that is just far too beautiful to eat.
—John Brownlee, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2007
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Michael Scott Bryant, The Conversation, 2 Nov. 2023
So too Lewis Milestone’s 1930 All Quiet on the Western Front (#45), at least in Germany, where the movie’s antiwar message caused Nazi brownshirts to disrupt screenings and attack movie patrons.
—J. Hoberman, The New Republic, 22 June 2023
Some elements of the Wolfe collection have already been sold, but the remaining items up for auction Saturday include Hitler’s uniform visor hat, a brownshirt uniform and several medals, including an Iron Cross, Gottlieb said.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2019
Words, as the historian Thucydides warned 2,400 years ago, habitually change their meanings to reflect passing political orthodoxy — and thugs, commissars, and brownshirts oversee the charade.
—Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, 31 Aug. 2017
At the weekend march, the infamous hoods and robes of Klan rallies or brownshirts of neo-Nazis were hard to find, with many dressing like Mr. LaPorte.
—Ben Kesling, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2017
Security forces and brownshirts, working together to crush dissent with brutal violence.
—Jack Holmes, Esquire, 17 May 2017
To the top left, a cake version of every brownshirt’s favorite space ship, Serenity, followed by a Yellow Submarine that is just far too beautiful to eat.
—John Brownlee, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2007
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“Brownshirt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brownshirt. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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