Abwehrn.

Brit.

/ˈabvɛː/,

/ˈʌpvɛː/, U.S.

/ˈæbˌvɛ(ə)r/

Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Abwehr.

Etymology: < German Abwehr, specific sense of Abwehr defence, resistance, warding off (16th cent.) < abwehren to ward off < ab- (see of prep.) + wehren (see were v.).

Now historical.

In Germany: a military intelligence and counter-intelligence agency (1921–44) founded as a division of the defence ministry, and expanded to include foreign espionage assignments in 1934 by the ruling Nazi party.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > political police > [noun] > secret service or police > other spec.

Okhrana1884

Cheka1921

GPU1922

Gay-Pay-Oo1923

Ogpu1923

Rabkrin1928

Gestapo1934

Seguridad1937

Abwehr1945

Kempeitai1947

Sicherheitsdienst1947

Okhranka1948

Securitate1951

SMERSH1953

K.G.B.1960

SAVAK1962

Shin Bet1964

Stasi1964

BOSS1969

Mukhabarat1969

Mossad1972

Shabak1972

1945 Chicago Sunday Tribune 13 May i. 6/2 Hans Oster, chief of the ‘Abwehr’ [German army intelligence].

1957 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Dec. 771/1 The Abwehr's so-called Brandenburg Division was cannibalized, and five further Commando Battalions were formed.

1979 Summary of World Broadcasts Pt. 1: U.S.S.R. (B.B.C.) 4 Apr. SU/6084/C/1 During the Third Reich, the oun bandits served as agents of the Gestapo and Abwehr.

1998 S. Faulks Charlotte Gray ii. iii. 182 The spiking of the Gaullist networks would serve a number of purposes. It would be a setback for the Abwehr.

Compounds

General attributive, as Abwehr agent, Abwehr chief, Abwehr official, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > political police > [adjective] > specific intelligence agency

Abwehr1945

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > [noun] > an organization of spies > head of

lion1713

spymaster1943

Abwehr chief1945

control1963

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > [noun] > an organization of spies > subordinate member of

under-espial1820

Abwehr official1945

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > [noun] > a secret observer, spy > secret agent

intelligencer1540

intelligentiary1577

under-puller1682

agent1804

foreign agent1822

operative1901

spook1942

under-cover1962

Abwehr agent1990

1945 Chicago Sunday Tribune 13 May i. 6/2 Adm. Canaris, another Abwehr chief..turned on the plotters when he learned the attempt had failed.

1946 Amer. Hist. Rev. 51 623 The activities of Oster, Hansen, Josef Mueller, and other Abwehr officials were never altogether unknown to Himmler.

1964 L. Deighton Funeral in Berlin (1966) App. 2 Gehlen went to the Abwehr Archives at Zossen and burned every document there.

1990 Daily Tel. 23 May 18 His task was to check that another Abwehr agent, codenamed Tate by MI5, was still at liberty operating independently.

2010 Times (Nexis) 21 Sept. 16 London agreed ‘heartily’ and raised the possibility of Ecclesiastic attempting to deceive another Abwehr officer, Rudolf Baumann.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	abwehr
释义	Abwehrn. Brit. /ˈabvɛː/, /ˈʌpvɛː/, U.S. /ˈæbˌvɛ(ə)r/ Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Abwehr. Etymology: < German Abwehr, specific sense of Abwehr defence, resistance, warding off (16th cent.) < abwehren to ward off < ab- (see of prep.) + wehren (see were v.). Now historical. In Germany: a military intelligence and counter-intelligence agency (1921–44) founded as a division of the defence ministry, and expanded to include foreign espionage assignments in 1934 by the ruling Nazi party. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > political police > [noun] > secret service or police > other spec. Okhrana1884 Cheka1921 GPU1922 Gay-Pay-Oo1923 Ogpu1923 Rabkrin1928 Gestapo1934 Seguridad1937 Abwehr1945 Kempeitai1947 Sicherheitsdienst1947 Okhranka1948 Securitate1951 SMERSH1953 K.G.B.1960 SAVAK1962 Shin Bet1964 Stasi1964 BOSS1969 Mukhabarat1969 Mossad1972 Shabak1972 1945 Chicago Sunday Tribune 13 May i. 6/2 Hans Oster, chief of the ‘Abwehr’ [German army intelligence]. 1957 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Dec. 771/1 The Abwehr's so-called Brandenburg Division was cannibalized, and five further Commando Battalions were formed. 1979 Summary of World Broadcasts Pt. 1: U.S.S.R. (B.B.C.) 4 Apr. SU/6084/C/1 During the Third Reich, the oun bandits served as agents of the Gestapo and Abwehr. 1998 S. Faulks Charlotte Gray ii. iii. 182 The spiking of the Gaullist networks would serve a number of purposes. It would be a setback for the Abwehr. Compounds General attributive, as Abwehr agent, Abwehr chief, Abwehr official, etc. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > political police > [adjective] > specific intelligence agency Abwehr1945 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > [noun] > an organization of spies > head of lion1713 spymaster1943 Abwehr chief1945 control1963 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > [noun] > an organization of spies > subordinate member of under-espial1820 Abwehr official1945 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > [noun] > a secret observer, spy > secret agent intelligencer1540 intelligentiary1577 under-puller1682 agent1804 foreign agent1822 operative1901 spook1942 under-cover1962 Abwehr agent1990 1945 Chicago Sunday Tribune 13 May i. 6/2 Adm. Canaris, another Abwehr chief..turned on the plotters when he learned the attempt had failed. 1946 Amer. Hist. Rev. 51 623 The activities of Oster, Hansen, Josef Mueller, and other Abwehr officials were never altogether unknown to Himmler. 1964 L. Deighton Funeral in Berlin (1966) App. 2 Gehlen went to the Abwehr Archives at Zossen and burned every document there. 1990 Daily Tel. 23 May 18 His task was to check that another Abwehr agent, codenamed Tate by MI5, was still at liberty operating independently. 2010 Times (Nexis) 21 Sept. 16 London agreed ‘heartily’ and raised the possibility of Ecclesiastic attempting to deceive another Abwehr officer, Rudolf Baumann. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1945
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