squadristn.
/ˈskwɒdrɪst/ A member of a squadra. Also attributive.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > member of specific paramilitary group > [noun]
Sanfedist1842
squadrist1938
Sternist1944
werewolf1945
provisional1970
Provo1971
Razakar1971
Schutzbündler1974
paramilitary1975
Koevoet1983
1938 E. Ambler Cause for Alarm iv. 62 His father had been killed by the Squadristi in nineteen-twenty-three.
1957 Encycl. Brit. XII. 802/1 In the early years the squadristi had freely used rubber truncheons and castor oil.
1967 C. Seton-Watson Italy from Liberalism to Fascism xiii. 571 In July 1920..youths of the Trieste Fascio..burnt down the headquarters of the Slovene organisations... This was the first appearance of squadristi.
1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 2 Mar. 226/1 The ras of Cremona could claim the support of the ‘squadrists’.
1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 2 Mar. 226/1 The ultimate limit to Farinacci's squadrist ethic was its dependence upon Fascism's capacity to retain power.
1977 M. Walker National Front i. 19 They [sc. Mosley's army] had neither the numbers nor the organization of Hitler's Sturmabteilung or Mussolini's Squadristi.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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