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Schutzstaffel

/ˈʃʊts.stæ.fəl/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A squadron of the Luftstreitkräfte of the German Empire; the Schusta.
  2. The internal security force of Nazi Germany; the SS.
  3. A division or corps of this force.

Etymology / origin

Unadapted borrowing from German Schutzstaffel.

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