SS (redirected from SS (disambiguation))

SS ¹  (ss)

n.

An elite quasi-military unit of the Nazi party that served as Hitler's personal guard and as a special security force in Germany and the occupied countries.

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[German, abbr. for Schutzstaffel : Schutz, defense + Staffel, echelon.]

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SS ²

abbr.

1. saints

2. shortstop

3. Social Security

4. Bible Song of Solomon

5. steamship

6. Sunday school

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SS

abbreviation for

1. (Historical Terms) a paramilitary organization within the Nazi party that provided Hitler's bodyguard, security forces including the Gestapo, concentration camp guards, and a corp of combat troops (the Waffen-SS) in World War II

[German Schutzstaffel protection squad]

2. (Transport / Nautical Terms) steamship

3. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) Sunday school

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	SS - the United States intelligence agency that protects current and former presidents and vice presidents and their immediate families and protects distinguished foreign visitors; detects and apprehends counterfeiters; suppresses forgery of government securities and documents Secret Service, United States Secret Service, US Secret Service, USSS Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security United States intelligence agency - an intelligence service in the United States
	2.	SS - special police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925; the SS administered the concentration camps Schutzstaffel constabulary, police, police force, law - the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking for him" Gestapo - the secret state police in Nazi Germany; known for its terrorist methods

Translations

SS ABBR

1. (Brit) =steamship

2. =Saints → SS.

SS [ˌɛsˈɛs] abbr (=steamship) → S/S