Hakenkreuzler

noun

Ha·​ken·​kreuz·​ler

-tslə(r)

plural Hakenkreuzler or Hakenkreuzlers

: a member of any German-speaking organization in Europe after World War I using the swastika as an emblem of anti-Semitism or of extreme nationalist sentiment

Word History

Etymology

German, from hakenkreuz

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