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Fa⋅lan⋅gist

[fuh-lan-jist]
–noun
a member of the Falange.

Origin:
1935–40; < Sp falangista; see Falange, -ist
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Fa·lan·gist   (fə-lān'jĭst, fā'lān'-)   
n.  A member of a fascist organization constituting the official ruling party of Spain after 1939.

[Spanish Falangista, from Falange (Española), (Spanish) Phalanx, from Latin phalanx, phalang-; see phalanx.]
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