Schutzstaffel (???ts?taf?l) n, pl -feln (-f?ln) (Historical Terms) See SSCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014Schutz?staf?fel (???ts??t? f?l) n. German. an elite military unit of the Nazi Party that served as Hitler’s bodyguard and as a special police force. Abbr.: SS [literally, defense echelon] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.