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    F.D.
    abbreviation
    Fidei Defensor.
  • FD
    FD
    abbreviation
    Fidei Defensor

F.D.

American  

abbreviation

  1. Fidei Defensor.

  2. fire department.

  3. focal distance.


FD British  

abbreviation

  1. Fidei Defensor

"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

Etymology

Origin of FD

Latin: Defender of the Faith

Example Sentences

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She first heard about “Cop City” from a video by F.D.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2023

I, for instance, am a proud son of the European Christian socialist tradition, especially in its rich British variant, as exemplified by F.D.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2019

When he was just a boy, his mother connected Al with two pastors, Bishop F.D.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2018

“The only thing that kills you is the heat,” said Villanueva, clad in a dark blue uniform from his cap to his boots as he worked a 12-hour shift at an intersection on F.D.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2017

"E" Company had a fair share of all these worries, and its able Commander, Captain F.D.

From The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion) Record of War Service, 1914-1918 by Arthur, John W.

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