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Hons

British  
/ ɑnz /

noun

  1. short for honours

"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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Hons recently decided to resume offering the procedure to women under the legal limit.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2021

Hons calls the three San Antonio clinics’ shift in operations a “temporary pause.”

From Slate • Sep. 24, 2021

“The alarm bells ring,” said Carolin Hons, a 27-year-old advertising worker here in Germany’s capital.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2015

Shunning her aristocratic upbringing, she moved to the US, where she fought for civil rights and wrote bestselling books, including Hons & Rebels and The American Way of Death.

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2014

I could’ve sworn it was a lion, except that Hons don’t live wild in America, and this thing was the size of a Hummer.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan