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Dr

adj, name, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Initialism of drug-resistant (used to refer to strains of tuberculosis). abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Dominican Republic. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Noun
  1. 1
    Doctor, a title used before a doctor's name or surname (Dr Jane Doe, Dr Doe)

    "The defenders, Drs Smith and Lowe, ought not to have detained the pursuer in their said asylum."

  2. 2
    Abbreviation of debtor, debit. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    Initialism of disaster recovery. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 4
    Debit. uncountable
  5. 5
    drive, used in street names
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  1. 6
    Abbreviation of drive. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    Initialism of dead reckoning. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 8
    debit
  4. 9
    Abbreviation of doctor. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, informal, uncountable

    "Probably a real change would be the cure the drs can't find."

  5. 10
    Initialism of domain rating. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  6. 11
    debitor
  7. 12
    Initialism of dissident right. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "[…] His podcast is probably the best show in the entire DR."

  8. 13
    Abbreviation of drums (of a rock band) Japan, abbreviation, alt-of
  9. 14
    Initialism of desired reality. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "shifting to my fame DR"

  10. 15
    Initialism of data release. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  11. 16
    Initialism of death rate. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Etymology

Probably from Latin dēbēre.

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