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dr

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. door.

  2. dram; drams.


Dr 2 American  

abbreviation

Chiefly British.
  1. Doctor.


DR 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Real Estate. dining room.


dr. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. debit.

  2. debtor.

  3. drachma; drachmas.

  4. dram; drams.

  5. drawer.

  6. drum.


Dr. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. Doctor.

  2. Drive (used in street names).


D.R. 6 American  

abbreviation

  1. Daughters of the (American) Revolution.

  2. Navigation. dead reckoning.

  3. Dutch Reformed.


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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Dr Beth Upton and NHS Fife were taken to a tribunal by nurse Sandie Peggie after she was suspended over an incident in the female changing room in Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy.

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