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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Squadron of the Luftstreitkräfte of the German Empire; Schusta. historical
2. 2
   special police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925; the SS administered the concentration camps wordnet
3. 3
   The internal security force of Nazi Germany; the SS. historical
4. 4
   A division or corps of this force.

Synonyms

All synonyms

ss

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Schutzstaffel.

Related phrases

waffen ss

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