storm trooper

storm trooper
noun
a member of the Nazi SA
• Hypernyms: ↑Nazi, ↑German Nazi

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noun
1. : a member of the shock troops
2. sometimes capitalized S&T : a member of the Sturmabteilung : brownshirt
3. : a member of a politico-military body similar in aims or function to the Sturmabteilung

the storm troopers of some yet undefined totalitarianism — Dixon Wecter

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1. a member of the storm troops.
2. a member of the Sturmabteilung of Nazi Germany.
[1920-25]

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storm trooper noun
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Main Entry: ↑storm

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storm trooper,
1. a member of the Sturmabteilung of Nazi Germany, the private army formed by Adolf Hitler in 1923; brown shirt.
2. an extremely brutal or vicious individual.

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noun, pl ⋯ -ers [count]
: a member of a group of specially trained and violent soldiers especially in Nazi Germany during World War II

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ˈstorm trooper [storm trooper storm troopers] noun
a soldier who is specially trained for violent attacks, especially one in Nazi Germany in the 1930s and 1940s

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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