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O.H.M.S.

American  

abbreviation

  1. On His Majesty's Service; On Her Majesty's Service.


OHMS British  

abbreviation

  1. On Her ( or His) Majesty's Service

"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

Example Sentences

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Most of the motors have O.H.M.S. plates above the number plate.

From “Crumps”, The Plain Story of a Canadian Who Went by Keene, Louis

One was handed to him with the letters O.H.M.S. upon it, which he opened, signed the certificate enclosed and received from the savings-bank clerk a sum of money in gold.

From Australia Revenged by Boomerang, pseud.

And yet there are people who tell us that the formula, O.H.M.S., is a mere relic of antiquity.

From The First Hundred Thousand by Hay, Ian

"Can't you identify the car with that label on" I queried, pointing to the bonnet upon which was a label reading: Canadian Government; the car also had three O.H.M.S. signs upon it.

From On the Fringe of the Great Fight by Nasmith, George G. (George Gallie)

It had O.H.M.S. on it, and was addressed to "Father Christmas."

From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 23, 1914 by Various