ss
or ss
- (in prescriptions) a half.
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Origin of ss
From the Latin word sēmis
SS
- Schutzstaffel.
- social security.
- steamship.
- supersonic.
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S, s
[es]
- 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.
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ss.1
or SS.
- to wit; namely (used especially on legal documents, as an affidavit, pleading, etc., to verify the place of action).
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Origin of ss.1
From the Latin word scīlicet
ss.2
- sections.
- Baseball. shortstop.
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SS.1
- Saints.
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Origin of SS.1
From the Latin word sānctī
SS.2
- Schutzstaffel.
- See ss.1
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S.S.1
- (in prescriptions) in the strict sense.
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Origin of S.S.1
From the Latin word sēnsū strictō
S.S.2
- Schutzstaffel.
- steamship.
- Sunday School.
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S/S
- same size.
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Examples from the Web for ss
Contemporary Examples
There, he first picked up needle and thread to mend the shirt of an SS guard who had just beaten him.
In one of the last desperate acts of World War II, the SS dumped crates full of counterfeit money into nearby Lake Toplitz.
His shirt was torn, one of his worn sneakers was more like a rubber-soled barge—the SS Nike.
Dugin has expressed his admiration for the practices of the SS.
The SS, German gendarmerie, and Gestapo were all stationed in its vicinity.
The Week in Death: Irving Milchberg, the Teenage Gunrunner of the Warsaw GhettoThe Telegraph
March 1, 2014
Historical Examples
The knight wears the collar of SS, and his arms are on his surcoat.
Yorkshire Painted And DescribedGordon Home
This agrees with the fact that Procopius95 records the foundation of SS.
Byzantine Churches in ConstantinopleAlexander Van Millingen
There was, however, one striking difference between them; SS.
Byzantine Churches in ConstantinopleAlexander Van Millingen
Probably at this time arose the custom of placing the churches of SS.
Byzantine Churches in ConstantinopleAlexander Van Millingen
In pronoun Tous, the is never silent and always pronounced like ç or ss.
The Aural SystemAnonymous
SS
- 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
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Word Origin
(sense 1) German Schutzstaffel protection squad
SS.
- Saints
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Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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s
- Abbreviation of second (of time), second (of an arc)
- The symbol for strangeness.
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S
- The symbol for sulfur.
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The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
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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.
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The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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