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SPECIAL BRANCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Special Branch mean?
• SPECIAL BRANCH (noun)
The noun SPECIAL BRANCH has 1 sense:
1. a government police department dealing with political security
Familiarity information: SPECIAL BRANCH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A government police department dealing with political security
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Special Branch" is a kind of...):
government department (a department of government)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
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