HyperDic: schutzstaffel

English > 1 sense of the word Schutzstaffel:
NOUNgroupSchutzstaffel, SSspecial police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925
English > Schutzstaffel: 1 sense > noun 1, group
MeaningSpecial police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925; the SS administered the concentration camps.
SynonymSS
PartsGestapoThe secret state police in Nazi Germany
Broaderpolice, police force, constabulary, lawThe force of policemen and officers

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