adj
Meaning 1
Abbreviation of rare.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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Standard Lemma guide
r.
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CMU ARPABET: AA1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Abbreviation of revision.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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adj
Meaning 3
Abbreviation of royal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
Examples
- Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc.
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adj
Meaning 4
Abbreviation of right.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
Examples
- r. com. car. a.
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name
Meaning 5
Abbreviation of Regina (“the queen”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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name
Meaning 6
Abbreviation of Rex (“the king”).
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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name
Meaning 7
Abbreviation of Rabbi.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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noun
Meaning 8
Abbreviation of rule.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
Topics: law
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noun
Meaning 9
Abbreviation of ruble.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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noun
Meaning 10
Abbreviation of river.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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verb
Meaning 11
Ruled, reigned, used to show that provided dates are the period of a ruler's authority rather than their birth and death.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Byzantine emperor Manuel I Komnenos (r. 1143–1180)
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History
Etymology
Abbreviations.
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.