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Blackshirts meaning

plural of blackshirt

Using Blackshirts

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of blackshirt
  • In the example corpus, blackshirts often appears in combinations such as: blackshirts were, the blackshirts.

Context around Blackshirts

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

themselves 1× fascist 1×

Sentence patterns with Blackshirts

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and fascist blackshirts during the 1× call themselves blackshirts the party 1× known as blackshirts were notorious 1× mosley s blackshirts who firmly 1× with the blackshirts 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

during the 1930s 1× in his 1934 1× mussolini came to 1× nbu activists call 1× october main benito 1×

Common sentence endings:

fontainebleau in france 1× left wing opponents 1× replaced with dictatorship 1× with anthropoid jews 1× with the blackshirts 1×

Words around Blackshirts

Just before it in the word index:

blackshire 4 blacksher 2 blackshear 34 blackshaw 8 blackshark 3 blacksburg 51

Just after it in the word index:

blacksky 7 blacksmith 100 blacksmithing 12 blacksmiths 20 blackson 4 blackspot 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 8 aacc 8 aacs 8 aafes 8 aankh 8 aapp 8

Corpus analysis for Blackshirts

  • In this selection, "blackshirts" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, themselves and fascist stand out and add context to how "blackshirts" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and fascist blackshirts during the and call themselves blackshirts the party. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "blackshirts" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with blackshirts

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Mussolini came to power in 1922 through his March on Rome with the blackshirts. (14 words)

NBU activists call themselves "Blackshirts"; the party wants a "fascist revolution", and sees democracy as an "obstruction" which needs replaced with dictatorship. (22 words)

During the 1930s Mosley led Britain's virulently anti-Semitic fascist movement, whose streetfighters - known as blackshirts - were notorious for their violence against Jews and left-wing opponents. (28 words)

Longer example sentences

In his 1934 pageant play The Rock, Eliot distances himself from Fascist movements of the thirties by caricaturing Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts, who 'firmly refuse/ To descend to palaver with anthropoid Jews'. (32 words)

October main Benito Mussolini and Fascist Blackshirts during the March on Rome * October 1 G. I. Gurdjieff opens his Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man at Fontainebleau in France. (30 words)

During the 1930s Mosley led Britain's virulently anti-Semitic fascist movement, whose streetfighters - known as blackshirts - were notorious for their violence against Jews and left-wing opponents. (28 words)

Example sentences (5)

NBU activists call themselves "Blackshirts"; the party wants a "fascist revolution", and sees democracy as an "obstruction" which needs replaced with dictatorship.

During the 1930s Mosley led Britain's virulently anti-Semitic fascist movement, whose streetfighters - known as blackshirts - were notorious for their violence against Jews and left-wing opponents.

In his 1934 pageant play The Rock, Eliot distances himself from Fascist movements of the thirties by caricaturing Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts, who 'firmly refuse/ To descend to palaver with anthropoid Jews'.

Mussolini came to power in 1922 through his March on Rome with the blackshirts.

October main Benito Mussolini and Fascist Blackshirts during the March on Rome * October 1 G. I. Gurdjieff opens his Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man at Fontainebleau in France.

Common combinations with blackshirts

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "blackshirts" in a sentence?
An example: "NBU activists call themselves "Blackshirts"; the party wants a "fascist revolution", and sees democracy as an "obstruction" which needs replaced with dictatorship." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "blackshirts" from authentic English texts.
What does "blackshirts" mean?
Blackshirts means: plural of blackshirt
How many example sentences with "blackshirts" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "blackshirts", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.