blackshirt

English

Alternative forms

• (uniformed member of the Italian Fascist Party): Blackshirt

Etymology

From black +‎ shirt, calque of Italian camicia nera.

Noun

blackshirt (plural blackshirts)

1. (historical, chiefly in the plural) A uniformed member of a paramilitary wing of the Italian Fascist Party.

   Synonym: squadrista

2. (by extension) Any member of a fascist party.

   Synonym: fascist

Related terms

• Blueshirt
• Brownshirt
• greenshirt

Translations

uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party

• Basque: alkandora beltz
• Belarusian: чорнакашу́льнік m (čornakašúlʹnik)
• Bulgarian: черноризец m (černorizec)
• Catalan: camisa negra f, esquadrista m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑衣黨員／黑衣党员 (hēiyīdǎng yuán), 黑衫黨成員／黑衫党成员 (hēishāndǎng chéngyuán)

• Czech: černá košile f
• Danish: sortskjorte c
• Dutch: zwarthemd (nl) n
• Estonian: mustsärklane
• Finnish: mustapaita (fi)
• French: chemise noire f, squadriste (fr) m or f
• German: Schwarzhemd n, Squadrist m, Squadristin f
• Greek: μελανοχίτωνας (el) m (melanochítonas)
• Hebrew: חֻלְצָה שְׁחֹרָה f (khultsá sh'khorá)
• Italian: camicia nera f, squadrista (it) m or f
• Japanese: 黒シャツ (くろシャツ, kuro shatsu)
• Kazakh: қара көйлекті (qara köilektı)
• Korean: 검은셔츠 (geomeunsyeocheu)
• Lithuanian: juodmarškiniai m pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: svartskjorte m or f

  Nynorsk: svartskjorte f

• Persian: پیراهن سیاه (pirâhan siyâh)
• Polish: czarna koszula f
• Portuguese: camisa negra m or f
• Romanian: cămașă neagră f
• Russian: черноруба́шечник (ru) m (černorubášečnik)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: црнокошу̀ља̄ш m

  Roman: crnokošùljāš (sh) m

• Slovene: črnosrajčnik m
• Spanish: camisa negra (es) m or f, escuadrista m or f
• Swedish: svartskjorta c
• Tamil: ^{(please verify)} கருஞ்சட்டை (karuñcaṭṭai)
• Turkish: kara gömlekli
• Uzbek: qorakoʻylak

member of a fascist party — see fascist

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