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English noun: SS | |||
| 1. | SS (group) the United States intelligence agency that protects current and former presidents and vice presidents and their immediate families and protects distinguished foreign visitors; detects and apprehends counterfeiters; suppresses forgery of government securities and documents | ||
| Synonyms | Secret Service, United States Secret Service, US Secret Service, USSS | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | United States intelligence agency | ||
| Part meronym | Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security | ||
| 2. | SS (group) special police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925; the SS administered the concentration camps | ||
| Synonyms | Schutzstaffel | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | constabulary, law, police, police force | ||
| Part holonym | Gestapo | ||
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