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  • bn.
    bn.
    abbreviation
    battalion.
  • Bn.
    Bn.
    abbreviation
    Baron.
  • B.N.
    B.N.
    abbreviation
    Bachelor of Nursing.
  • Bn
    Bn
    abbreviation
    Baron
  • bn
    bn
    abbreviation
    billion

bn.

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. battalion.


Bn. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. Baron.

  2. Battalion.


B.N. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Bachelor of Nursing.


Bn 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Baron

  2. Also: bn.  Battalion

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

bn 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. billion

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

bn 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. Brunei Darussalam

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“Private Tennyson Roberts 45391, 2nd Bn. Welsh Regiment / died on 8th September 1916. / Gone but will never be forgotten, / God Bless. Love Roberts family xxx”

From New York Times Aug. 28, 2018

And all the boys here in the RAT Bn. agree.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Charlie Peace Bn. will be in close support, and the Dick Turpin Bn. in reserve.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, June 20, 1917 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

Joined Bn. in the Fd., 25th November, 1916.

From With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia 1916—1917 by Anonymous

N.C.Os., and men, 2nd Bn., numerically arranged, who have been killed in action, died of wounds, disease, etc., during service in Mesopotamia, from 1st January 1916 to 15th June 1917.

From With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia 1916—1917 by Anonymous

In order to bolster the ruling the government will also be introducing a set of data protection laws that are to be developed by a committee led by retired Supreme Court judge B.N.

From Slate Nov. 3, 2017

Last year the company's own Plum Creek Lumber Co., in Montana, had to ship some of its output by truck because there were not enough B.N. freight cars around.

From Time Magazine Archive

He also states that S-shaped loaves of bread named xonecuilli were made at a certain festival in honor of this constellation, while the B.N.

From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia

The appointment of Mr. Sabnis, besides portending unpalatable reforms, was therefore in itself very unwelcome to the Kolhapur Brahmans, amongst whom one of the most influential, Mr. B.N.

From Indian Unrest by Chirol, Valentine, Sir

James Mott and Samuel Nickless, expressed their hearty concurrence in what had been said, as did also B.N.

From The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. by Still, William

The poem was written by Lt Mark Mathewson, a platoon commander in 2nd Bn Scots Guards, a few days after the battle.

From BBC Nov. 12, 2022

He did not see the Bn of the other.

From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway

At B drop perpendicular Bn, making Bn equal to Bm, or one-fourth of base.

From The Theory and Practice of Perspective by Storey, G. A. (George Adolphus)

One guiding of the tracer over the curve gives then at once the ten coefficients An and Bn for n = 1 to 5.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various

J. M. Hulton joined the 13th M. I. at Kroonstad from the 5th Bn.

From Two Years on Trek Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa by Moulin, Louis Eug?ne du

Novo Nordisk said Thursday it was buying US biotech firm Akero Therapeutics, which is developing treatments for a number of metabolic diseases, for $4.7 bn.

From Barron's Oct. 9, 2025

South African investor Natie Kirsh completed the top five African billionaires list with $9.22 bn.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2024

For example, Fermat’s last theorem, which deals with solutions of the form an + bn = cn, has puzzled experts for more than 350 years.

From Scientific American Jul. 28, 2023

In a letter to congressional leaders on Monday, Rosselló requested US lawmakers approve roughly $1.4 bn in funding to aid recovery efforts.

From The Guardian Oct. 9, 2017

That was close bn three hundred years ago, when the Seven Kingdoms were kingdoms, and not mere provinces of a greater realm.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

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