Blackshirt

/ ˈblækˌʃɜːt /

noun

1. (in Europe) a member of a fascist organization, esp a member of the Italian Fascist party before and during World War II

Example Sentences

Famed conductor Arturo Toscanini refused to play the fascist party anthem in the theater or elsewhere, earning him a beating from Mussolini’s Blackshirts.

From Seattle Times

Mussolini’s roving bands of Blackshirts, “bursting with appetites,” wielded clubs with precision, “bashing both sides of the mouth, both mandibular joints, in order to fracture the jaws.”

From Washington Post

Rule Britannia has had its place - but so have Bovril, balls, Blackshirts and a bombastic celebration of the Bard.

From BBC

Thus, it was primarily “sexual appeal” that inspired Diana to abandon her first husband for the “charismatic and attractive” Sir Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Blackshirts.

From New York Times

Nebraska will wear black alternate jerseys with a skull and crossbones on the shoulder in a nod to the program’s “Blackshirt” defense tradition.

From Seattle Times