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greenshirt

noun

Etymology

Bahuvrihi compound of green + shirt. Compare Brownshirt in Nazi sense.

inherited from *skurtijǭ✻ — “a short garment, skirt, apron”
inherited from *skurtijā✻
inherited from sċyrte
inherited from sherte
compounded as greenshirt — “green + shirt”

Definitions

A member of Canada's Social Credit Party, which was thought by its opponents to resemble…
A member of Canada's Social Credit Party, which was thought by its opponents to resemble a fascist movement, at least in its style and presentation.
A member of the Iron Guard death squads in Romania.

The neighborhood

neighborBlackshirt
neighborBrownshirt
neighborBlueshirt

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA