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blackshirt

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A uniformed member of a paramilitary wing of the Italian Fascist Party.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical, in-plural

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: squadrista

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any member of a fascist party.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fascist

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Alternative letter-case form of blackshirt.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a member of the Italian fascist party before World War II

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fascist

History

Etymology

From black + shirt, calque of Italian camicia nera.

Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: alkandora beltz — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party
  • Belarusian: чорнакашу́льнік (čornakašúlʹnik) — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party
  • Bulgarian: черноризец (černorizec) — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party
  • Catalan: camisa negra — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party
  • Catalan: esquadrista — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黑衣黨員 /黑衣党员 (hēiyīdǎng yuán) — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黑衫黨成員 /黑衫党成员 (hēishāndǎng chéngyuán) — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黑衫軍 /黑衫军 (hēishānjūn) — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party
  • Czech: černá košile — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party
  • Danish: sortskjorte — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party
  • Dutch: zwarthemd — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party
  • Estonian: mustsärklane — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party
  • Finnish: mustapaita — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party
  • French: chemise noire — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party
  • French: squadriste — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party
  • German: Schwarzhemd — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party
  • German: Squadrist — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party
  • German: Squadristin — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party
  • Greek: μελανοχίτωνας (melanochítonas) — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party
  • Hebrew: חֻלְצָה שְׁחֹרָה (khultsá sh'khorá) — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party
  • Italian: camicia nera — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party
  • Italian: squadrista — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party
  • Japanese: 黒シャツ (kuro shatsu) — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party
  • Kazakh: қара көйлекті (qara köilektı) — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party
  • Korean: 검은셔츠 (geomeunsyeocheu) — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party
  • Lithuanian: juodmarškiniai — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party
  • Norwegian Bokmål: svartskjorte — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: svartskjorte — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party
  • Persian: پیراهن سیاه (pirâhan siyâh) — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party
  • Polish: czarna koszula — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party
  • Portuguese: camisa negra — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party
  • Romanian: cămașă neagră — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party
  • Russian: черноруба́шечник (černorubášečnik) — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party
  • Serbo-Croatian: црнокошу̀ља̄ш — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party
  • Serbo-Croatian: crnokošùljāš — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party
  • Slovene: črnosrajčnik — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party
  • Spanish: camisa negra — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party
  • Spanish: escuadrista — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party
  • Swedish: svartskjorta — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party
  • Turkish: kara gömlekli — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party
  • Uzbek: qorakoʻylak — uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party