KGB Definition
kājē-bē
noun
The intelligence and internal security agency of the former Soviet Union.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- Soviet KGB
- Committee for State Security
pronoun
The former Soviet State Security Committee.
Wiktionary
abbreviation
The security police and intelligence agency (1954-91) of the Soviet Union.
Webster's New World
(electronics) Known good board.
Wiktionary
Origin of KGB
Russian from K(omitet) G(osudarstvennoĭ) B(ezopasnosti) komitet committee gosudarstvennoĭ genitive of gosudarstvennyĭ of the state bezopasnosti genitive of bezopasnost' security
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Russian КГБ (KGB), through phonetic spelling of Комитет государственной безопасности (Komitét gosudárstvennoj bezopásnosti, “State Security Committee”) and acronymization.
From Wiktionary
