Definition of blackshirts:
(N) :
members of the anti-religious, atheist quasi-political organization Dravidar Kazhagam in Tamil Nadu, founded by "Periyar" E V Ramasamy.
(N) :
the starting defensive players for the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team.
(N) :
originally the paramilitary wing of the Kingdom of Italy.
(N) :
The Voluntary Militia for National Security, commonly called the Blackshirts (CCNN, singular: ) or (singular: ), was originally the paramilitary wing of the National Fascist Party, known as the Squadrismo, and after 1923 an all-volunteer militia of the Kingdom of Italy under Fascist rule, similar to the SA.