SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An independent federal agency that administers compulsory military service

Synonyms:

Selective Service; Selective Service System; SSS

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Selective Service System" is a kind of...):

independent agency (an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments)

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