Schutzstaffel

[ shoots-shtah-fuhl ]

nounGerman.

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

Origin of Schutzstaffel

Literally, “defense echelon”

Words Nearby Schutzstaffel

Schuschnigg
schuss
schussboomer
Schuster
Schütz
Schutzstaffel
Schuyler
Schuylerville
Schuylkill
schvartze
schwa

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British Dictionary definitions for Schutzstaffel

Schutzstaffel

/ German (ˈʃʊtsʃtafəl) /

nounplural -feln (-fəln)

See SS

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