blackshirt

Black Shirt

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- /ˈblæk.ʃɝːt/
- /ˈblæk.ʃɜːt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- /ˈblæk.ʃɝːt/

Definitions of blackshirt word

noun blackshirt (in Europe) a member of a fascist organization, esp a member of the Italian Fascist party before and during World War II 3
noun blackshirt a member of a fascist organization, especially the Italian Fascist militia, wearing a black shirt as part of the uniform. 1
noun blackshirt A uniformed member of the Italian Fascist Party. 0
noun blackshirt Any member of a fascist party. 0

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Origin of blackshirt

First appearance:

before 1920

One of the 12% newest English words

First recorded in 1920-25

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Parts of speech for Blackshirt

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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blackshirt popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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