Definition of Selective Service System

1. Noun. An independent federal agency that administers compulsory military service.

Exact synonyms: Selective Service, Sss
Generic synonyms: Independent Agency

Lexicographical Neighbors of Selective Service System

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Selaginella eatonii
Selaginella eremophila
Selaginella lepidophylla
Selaginella rupestris
Selaginellaceae
Selaginellales
Selah
Selangor
Selar
Selar crumenophthalmus
Selcraig
Seldinger technique
Select
Selected Area Electron Diffraction
Selective Service System (current term)
Selects
Selena
Selenarctos
Selenarctos thibetanus
Selene
Selene setapinnis
Selene vomer
Selenicereus
Selenicereus grandiflorus
Selenipedium
Selenomonas
Seles
Seleucus
Seleucus I

Literary usage of Selective Service System

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Conscription: A Select and Annotated Bibliography by Martin Anderson, Valerie Bloom (1976)
"Selective Service System. Washington, DC Charts, tables. 674 pages. Second report of Selective Service Director Lewis Hershey, for 1941 — 1942. ..."

2. Supporting Congressional Oversight: Budgetary Implications of Selected Gao edited by Paul L. Posner (2002)
"Since 1980, after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, males between the ages of 18 and 26 have continued registering with the Selective Service System for a ..."

3. Report of the Railway Accounting Officers by Association of American Railroads, Accounting Division (1888)
"It would be the purpose of the Selective Service System to utilize the emergency ... As all transportation furnished to the Selective Service System is now, ..."

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