Jackboot definition

Jackboot

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WordNet

noun

(1) (19th century) a man's high tasseled boot

WiktionaryText

Noun

A glossy leather calf-covering military boot, commonly associated with German soldiers of the WWII era.
The spirit that motivates a totalitarian or overly militaristic regime or policy.

That country has been under the jackboot of the military for years.

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