NAZI

noun Etymology: German, by shortening & alteration from Nationalsozialist, from national national + Sozialist socialist Date: 1930 a member of a German fascist party controlling Germany from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler, 2. often not capitalized one who espouses the beliefs and policies of the German ~s ; fascist, one who is likened to a German ~, nazi adjective, often capitalized nazification noun, often capitalized nazify transitive verb, often capitalized