Schutzstaffel

(ˈʃʊtsʃtafəl)

n, pl -feln (-fəln)

(Historical Terms) See SS

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Schutz•staf•fel

(ˈʃʊtsˌʃtɑ fəl)

n.

German. an elite military unit of the Nazi Party that served as Hitler's bodyguard and as a special police force. Abbr.: SS

[literally, defense echelon]

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Noun

Schutzstaffel - special police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925; the SS administered the concentration camps

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

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