: an organization responsible for military intelligence in Germany from 1921 to 1944
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from German, literally, "repulsion, fending off, defense (alluding to the organization's counterintelligence function)," noun derivative of abwehren "to fend off, parry, defend," from ab- "down, from" (going back to Old High German ab, aba, preposition) + wehren "to defend, resist," going back to Old High German werien, werren
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