Brownshirt Edit Meaning

1.

Slang for Nazi, often used to denote rightwing extremists.

Damn brownshirts are spamming the boards with their paranoid crap.

2.

Slang for a Nazi or fascist pig. Derived from the brown shirts worn by the Sturm Abteiling (SA). Brown was the color of the Nazi party in the 20's and 30's, much as red and blue are respectively associated with the Republican and Democratic parties in the US now.

Side note - the Schutzstaffel (SS) primarily wore black uniforms.

Nazi: "I love Hitler. Mexicans suck."

Punk: "Fuckin' brownshirts. Let's bust some heads."

Mexican: "Hell yeah."

See nazi, brown, asshole

3.

Nazi, especially a storm trooper (Schutzstaffel, or the SS), often noted for violence, aggression and brutality.

Some police officers behave like brownshirts and thugs.

See nazi, fascist, storm trooper, gauleiter, ss

4.

fascist. derived from the brown uniforms of the nazi SS.

some pesky brownshirts tried to burn a cross on my lawn.

See Petrol