Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - nazi

 noun  Etymology: German, by shortening & alteration from Nationalsozialist, from national national + Sozialist socialist  Date: 1930  1. a member of a German fascist party controlling Germany from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler  2. often not capitalized  a. one who espouses the beliefs and policies of the German ~s ; fascist  b. one who is likened to a German ~ ; a harshly domineering, dictatorial, or intolerant person  • nazi adjective, often capitalized  • nazification noun, often capitalized  • nazify transitive verb, often capitalized NAZI  adjective see Nazi