Definitions
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- noun A
paramilitary division under the GermanNazi Party, operating from 1921 until being disbanded in 1934. Abbreviated toSA .
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- noun Nazi militia created by Hitler in 1921 that helped him to power but was eclipsed by the SS after 1943
Etymologies
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Examples
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“Basically, the tea-party and the fascist brown shirts of the Sturmabteilung are the same.”
Think Progress » Passing Health Reform Would Contribute To Obama’s Deficit Reduction Goals 2010
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As the wing loyal to Hitler, they were rivals to the SA, which is the abbreviation for "Sturmabteilung," colorfully and accurately rendered in English "storm troopers."
The Partial Observer 2008
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The Freikorps and Sturmabteilung were looking for their government handouts, too.
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Brownshirts: Member of an early Nazi paramilitary organization, the Sturmabteilung or SA (‘assault division’).
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The police -- in the best traditions of Hitler's Sturmabteilung, the brownshirts -- is now in direct opposition to the Turkish army - and the Turkish people, since the army is, in its essence, OF the people.
LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA regarding deteriorating conditions in Turkey. 2010
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The Nazi Sturmabteilung SA stood shoulder to shoulder in front of Jewish shops across Germany in a one-day boycott that was the first measure Adolf Hitler mounted against the Jews.
God’s Guest List Debbie Macomber 2010
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In the winter of 1938 – 1939, after the SA (the Nazi Sturmabteilung; Storm Troopers) destroyed the studio, including all its technical equipment and the archives of negatives on November 10, 1938, she fled to the South of France, where she survived the war in hiding.
Nini Hess. 2009
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In November 1933, Jordan joined an SA (Sturmabteilung) unit and became a storm trooper.
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"Bart" has shown himself to be a ready candidate for the Sturmabteilung.
Balkinization 2007
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The Republican party has long been a haven for reactionary thugs, neo-Nazis, out and out fascists, perverts, pederasts, braggarts, loudmouths, authority worshippers and the same sort of immoral degenerates, the dregs of society that Hitler used to much success in populating the ranks of his Sturmabteilung (SA).
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