SS — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

1. A shiptype Initialism of subsurface, a subsurface ship, a submarine A conventionally-powered submarine

   Gebrauch

   • Navy
   • US-amerikanischer Gebrauch

2. A shiptype Initialism of subsurface, a subsurface ship, a submarine diesel-powered attack submarine

   Gebrauch

   • Navy
   • US-amerikanischer Gebrauch

   Synonyme

   SSK

3. NATO prefix-code for surface-to-surface missiles developed by the Soviet Union

Substantiv

1. 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

   Synonyme

   United States Secret ServiceUS Secret ServiceUSSSSecret Service

   Oberbegriffe

   United States intelligence agency

2. special police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925; the SS administered the concentration camps

   Synonyme

   Schutzstaffel

   Oberbegriffe

   policepolice forceconstabularylaw