Falangist

[fə lan′jist]

noun

a member of the Falange

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noun

A member of a fascist organization constituting the official ruling party of Spain after 1939.

Origin: Spanish Falangista, from Falange (Española), (Spanish) Phalanx, from Latin phalanx, phalang-; see phalanx.

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