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SCHUTZSTAFFEL
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Irregular inflected form: schutzstaffeln
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Special police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925; the SS administered the concentration camps
Synonyms:
Schutzstaffel; SS
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Schutzstaffel" is a kind of...):
constabulary; law; police; police force (the force of policemen and officers)
Meronyms (parts of "Schutzstaffel"):
Gestapo (the secret state police in Nazi Germany; known for its terrorist methods)
