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R.

adj, name, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of rare. abbreviation, alt-of
  2. 2
    Abbreviation of revision. abbreviation, alt-of
  3. 3
    Abbreviation of royal. abbreviation, alt-of

    "Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc."

  4. 4
    Abbreviation of right. abbreviation, alt-of

    "r. com. car. a."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of Regina (“the queen”). abbreviation, alt-of
  2. 2
    Abbreviation of Rex (“the king”). abbreviation, alt-of
  3. 3
    Abbreviation of Rabbi. abbreviation, alt-of

    "R. Meir ben Simeon of Narbonne sharply criticized both the polytheistic implications of the Kabbalistic doctrine of prayers to varied divine manifestations and specific books containing Kabbalistic ideas."

Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of rule. abbreviation, alt-of
  2. 2
    Abbreviation of ruble. abbreviation, alt-of

    "The paper-money in circulation is inconvertible, but has a forced currency. The notes represent 100 rubles; 50 rs., 25 rs., 10 rs., 5 rs., 3 rs., and 1 ruble, and are plainly stamped with their value."

  3. 3
    Abbreviation of river. abbreviation, alt-of
Verb
  1. 1
    Ruled, reigned, used to show that provided dates are the period of a ruler's authority rather than their birth and death.

    "Byzantine emperor Manuel I Komnenos (r. 1143–1180)"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Originally from Latin r., abbreviating Latin rēgnāvit (“[he/she/it] ruled”), the third-person singular perfect active indicative of rēgnāre (“to rule, to reign”). Now often parsed as an abbreviation of English ruled or reigned.

Etymology 2

Abbreviations.

Etymology 3

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