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Nat

1 American  
[nat] / næt /

noun

  1. a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.


nat. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. national.

  2. native.

  3. natural.

  4. naturalist.


Nat 1 British  
/ næt /

noun

  1. a member or supporter of the Scottish National Party

  2. a member of the National Party

  3. a Member of Parliament for the National Party

"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

nat. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. national

  2. natural

"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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After moving to Los Angeles, he became a favorite live and session player for many midcentury greats, including Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and Marvin Gaye.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

Explaining the city’s importance to employees at an internal town hall earlier this year, Chief Commercial Officer Nat Pieper touted a 20% increase in credit-card signups in Chicago over the previous nine months.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Caroline Sabatt bought a Boston-area plumbing business in 2025 and merged it with a smaller one her husband Nat had started.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

A major injury scare around captain Nat Sciver-Brunt overshadowed England's four-wicket victory over Ireland at the T20 World Cup in Southampton.

From BBC Jun. 16, 2026

Nat scrambled into his clothes and hurried downstairs and out of the house.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham

The mode of administration which I have used for Aur. mur. nat. is in trituration.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock

Elephant's-foot, the popular name of Testudinaria elephantipes, a plant of the nat. ord.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various

Adenanthe′ra, a genus of trees and shrubs, natives of the East Indies, nat. ord.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various

At the end of seven months, Aur. mur. nat. had entirely reduced the swelling.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock

So also Lucretius the Poet speaking of the same subject, sayes: De nat. rerum, lib.

From The Discovery of a World in the Moone Or, A Discovrse Tending To Prove That 'Tis Probable There May Be Another Habitable World In That Planet by Wilkins, John

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