Meaning of brown shirt | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A worker whose role is identified by a uniform with a brown or khaki shirt.
2. A member of the squadron personnel on an aircraft carrier.
3. A member of the Alaska Fish and Wildlife Protection Services.
4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see brown, shirt.

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Examples

“The Brown Shirts crowded close⟳ to the aircraft, taking righteous possession of it now that it was shut⟳ down on the deck.”

“Brown Shirts were attached to the aircraft squadrons and were maintenance people.”

“"Don't look⟳ back right now, but I think⟳ some brown shirts are following us," Franz whispered.”

“Known by the Germans as the SA but more commonly called storm troopers or brown shirts by Westerners, the SA were considered Hitler's own⟳ private army.”

“In fact, during the very hours Hitler spoke, and while his train⟳ got up steam for the journey to his East Prussian headquarters, and while his loyal brown shirts strutted and swayed under a thick haze of cigarette smoke⟳ on reached the beer-drenched flood⟳ tide.”

“Aircraft maintenance brown shirts crawled over the plane, checking fasteners and the landing carriage.”

“Two "brown shirts" remove⟳ the chains tying the Greyhound to the flight deck pad eyes.”

“In addition to the constant inspections, brown shirts check fluid levels, prepare⟳ the cockpit for flight and ensure there is no foreign object debris that could damage⟳ the "bird".”

“We really could use⟳ a brown shirt in the Park⟳. I don't have⟳ time to be screwing around with critter problems.”

“The divisions overlap at some points, like⟳ Soldotna and Anchor Point⟳ -- blue shirts handling criminal and traffic complaints, brown shirts sticking to more mission-related issues -- but in Cordova the wildlife troopers cover⟳ all law enforcement that falls under the state's jurisdiction. Cloward oversees a few brown shirts, and the motherly Dixie Lambert, who runs the office, handles dispatch and generally keeps the rest⟳ of the staff in line.”

““Frankly, I never thought of the brown shirts when I asked the blue shirts to attend⟳ this meeting,” Commissioner Burton admitted, “but you're right. If we are going to get⟳ a hint of something bad going on in the back country, these are the guys most likely to sniff it out..."”

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