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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

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nat. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. national

  2. natural

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Example Sentences

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Police soon focussed on Nat Fraser – but the inquiry ran into two major problems.

From BBC

Nat Fraser had been in the house that day.

From BBC

My choice is “Unforgettable,” composed by Irving Gordon, sung by Nat King Cole.

From The Wall Street Journal

Nat has been resurrected as both her recognizable self, a stoic beauty dressed David Byrne-style with shoulder pads as wide as a refrigerator, and in appliance form as her own upright vacuum — another one — whose plastic shell is her exact shade of burgundy hair.

From Los Angeles Times

Madame Suman, however, has always rejected her daughter-in-law in any form — in part because their rural backgrounds are too alike — and places one obstacle after another in the couple’s path, including religion, family pressure and hospitals, where a nurse tells Nat that a sentient appliance no longer has the legal standing to visit her husband.

From Los Angeles Times