Schutzstaffel

Other forms: Schutzstaffeln

Definitions of Schutzstaffel
  1. noun
    special police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925; the SS administered the concentration camps
    synonyms: SS
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    type of:
    constabulary, law, police, police force
    the force of police and officers
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