ss

or ss

(in prescriptions) a half.

Origin of ss

From the Latin word sēmis

SS

Schutzstaffel.
social security.
steamship.
supersonic.

S, s

[es]

noun, plural S's or Ss, s's or ss.

the 19th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
any spoken sound represented by the letter S or s, as in saw, sense, or goose.
something having the shape of an S.
a written or printed representation of the letter S or s.
a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter S or s.

ss.

or SS.

to wit; namely (used especially on legal documents, as an affidavit, pleading, etc., to verify the place of action).

Origin of ss.

From the Latin word scīlicet

ss.

sections.
Baseball. shortstop.

SS.

Saints.

Origin of SS.

From the Latin word sānctī

SS.

Schutzstaffel.
See ss.¹

S.S.

(in prescriptions) in the strict sense.

Origin of S.S.

From the Latin word sēnsū strictō

S.S.

Schutzstaffel.
steamship.
Sunday School.

S/S

same size.

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Related Words for ss

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Examples from the Web for ss

Contemporary Examples of ss

There, he first picked up needle and thread to mend the shirt of an SS guard who had just beaten him.
From Auschwitz to the White House: One Tailor’s American Tale
Martin Greenfield
December 5, 2014
In one of the last desperate acts of World War II, the SS dumped crates full of counterfeit money into nearby Lake Toplitz.
On the Trail of Nazi Counterfeiters
Dr. Kevin C. Ruffner
September 20, 2014
His shirt was torn, one of his worn sneakers was more like a rubber-soled barge—the SS Nike.
Uncovering the Secrets of St. Kitts
Debra A. Klein
June 21, 2014
Dugin has expressed his admiration for the practices of the SS.
Alexander Dugin: The Crazy Ideologue of the New Russian Empire
Oleg Shynkarenko
April 2, 2014
The SS, German gendarmerie, and Gestapo were all stationed in its vicinity.
The Week in Death: Irving Milchberg, the Teenage Gunrunner of the Warsaw Ghetto
The Telegraph
March 1, 2014

Historical Examples of ss

The knight wears the collar of SS, and his arms are on his surcoat.
Yorkshire Painted And Described
Gordon Home
This agrees with the fact that Procopius95 records the foundation of SS.
Byzantine Churches in Constantinople
Alexander Van Millingen
There was, however, one striking difference between them; SS.
Byzantine Churches in Constantinople
Alexander Van Millingen
Probably at this time arose the custom of placing the churches of SS.
Byzantine Churches in Constantinople
Alexander Van Millingen
In pronoun Tous, the is never silent and always pronounced like ç or ss.
The Aural System
Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for ss

SS

abbreviation for

a paramilitary organization within the Nazi party that provided Hitler's bodyguard, security forces including the Gestapo, concentration camp guards, and a corp of combat troops (the Waffen-SS) in World War II
steamship
Sunday school

Word Origin for SS

(sense 1) German Schutzstaffel protection squad

SS.

abbreviation for

Saints

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ss in Science

s

Abbreviation of second (of time), second (of an arc)
The symbol for strangeness.

S

The symbol for sulfur.

ss in Culture

SS

An elite corps of combat troops (SS is short for Schutzstaffel, which is German for “protective shield”) formed originally within the German Nazi party as a bodyguard for Adolf Hitler and other Nazi leaders and led by Heinrich Himmler. During the 1930s, Hitler steadily expanded the responsibilities of the SS to include the suppression of his political opponents within Germany and the persecution of the Jews (see also Jews). The SS supervised the concentration camps.