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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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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 11.30, 86th Brigade led by 2nd Bn.

From Gallipoli Diary, Volume I by Hamilton, Ian, Sir

T. to A. Army Ordnance Corps, 12/2/18, but remained attached to Bn.

From The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula by Collett, Herbert Brayley

Laurie, who was O.C. of the 1st Bn.

From Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie (commanding 1st Battn. Royal Irish Rifles) Dated November 4th, 1914-March 11th, 1915 by Vere-Laurie, Florence

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