First Known Use: 1932
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ss
abbreviation
Definition of SS
1
scilicet —used in legal documents
2
[Latin semis] one half
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1SS
noun \ˌes-ˈes\
Definition of SS
: a unit of Nazis created as bodyguard to Hitler and later expanded to take charge of intelligence, central security, policing action, and the mass extermination of those they considered inferior or undesirable
Origin of SS
German, abbreviation for Schutzstaffel, literally, protection echelon
Rhymes with SS
abscess, access, address, aggress, assess, bench-press, caress, clothespress, coatdress, cold-press, compress, confess, cross-dress, CS, depress, de-stress, digress, distress, drill press, egress, excess, express, finesse, fluoresce, French press, full-dress, handpress, headdress, housedress, idlesse, impress, ingress, Meknes, much less, nightdress, noblesse, no less, obsess, oppress, outguess, possess, precess, prestress, princess, process, profess, progress, recess, redress, regress, re-press, repress, shirtdress, side-dress, success, sundress, suppress, tendresse, top-dress, transgress, undress, unless, web press, winepress, word stress
2SS
abbreviation
Medical Dictionary
ss
abbreviation
Medical Definition of SS
one half—used in writing prescriptions
Origin of SS
Latin semis
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