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BUF

British  

abbreviation

  1. (formerly) British Union of Fascists

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In June 1934, when antifascist demonstrators disturbed a meeting of the BUF and clashed with a smaller number of Fascist believers, conservative forces in Britain blamed Mosely and his Fascists for the violence.

From Slate • Oct. 19, 2018

In August 1933, when the BUF acquired college premises in King’s Road, Chelsea, some 5,000 members could be accommodated.

From Slate • Apr. 14, 2017

Although the organization obviously included many anti-feminist men, it seems clear that the female members of the BUF played a very active role.

From Slate • Apr. 14, 2017

But this may well have been an accident of timing: the BUF was unable to effectively contest the snap election of 1935.

From The Guardian • Mar. 7, 2013

Orion Clemens eagerly furnished a detailed memorandum of the route of their overland journey, which brought this enthusiastic acknowledgment: To Orion Clemens, in St. Louis: BUF.,

From Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 2 (1867-1875) by Paine, Albert Bigelow