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Black Shirt

–noun
a member of a fascist organization, esp. the Italian Fascist militia, wearing a black shirt as part of the uniform.

Origin:
1920–25
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Black Shirt also Black·shirt   (blāk'shûrt')   
n.  A member of a fascist party organization having a black shirt as part of its uniform, especially an Italian fascist.
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Black Shirt 
1922, member of Fasci di Combattimento, It. paramilitary unit founded 1919 by Mussolini; so called for their uniforms.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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