dr

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. door.

2. dram; drams.

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Dr ² American  

abbreviation

Chiefly British.

1. Doctor.

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DR ³ American  

abbreviation

1. Real Estate.  dining room.

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dr. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. debit.

2. debtor.

3. drachma; drachmas.

4. dram; drams.

5. drawer.

6. drum.

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Dr. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. Doctor.

2. Drive (used in street names).

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D.R. ⁶ American  

abbreviation

1. Daughters of the (American) Revolution.

2. Navigation.  dead reckoning.

3. Dutch Reformed.

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dr ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. debtor

2. Also: dr..  dram

3. drawer

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dr. ² British  

abbreviation

1. debit

2. Also: dr.  dram

3. (the former) drachma

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Dr ³ British  

abbreviation

1. Doctor

2. (in street names) Drive

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DR ⁴ British  

abbreviation

1. dry riser

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Example Sentences

“Can we talk about my situation, Dr. Wong?”

From Salon

A pause, then Dr. Wong continued, “What are your plans after that?”

From Salon

But this wasn’t like Dr. Wong’s clinical look — this was supportive, generous.

From Salon

In his admission work-up, Dr. Riordan wrote that my dad had “loss of sensation on the ulnar aspect of both hands… and he has had recurrent bouts of neuritis. I think he will benefit by having an ulnar nerve transposition.”

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Three-and-a-half years after his initial examination, Dr. Riordan wrote on April 30, 1958, that “this patient still shows the involvement that he showed before… If he has changed his mind and wants to have the ulnar nerve transposition, I would suggest that it be done as soon as possible.”

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