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  • PLUR
    PLUR
    noun
    peace, love, unity, respect: a mantra embraced by some popular culture communities, especially those associated with rave and electronic dance music events.
  • plur.
    plur.
    abbreviation
    plural.

PLUR

1 American  
[plur] / plɜr /

noun

  1. peace, love, unity, respect: a mantra embraced by some popular culture communities, especially those associated with rave and electronic dance music events.

    ravers making new friends in the spirit of PLUR.


plur. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. plural.

  2. plurality.


plur. British  

abbreviation

  1. plural

  2. plurality

"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 PLUR

First recorded in 1985–90

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Genitive, sing. and plur., of the article O. E.  Port. 

From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by George Henry Borrow

But it is also an infinitive whose plur. is Harîmát=the women of a family; and in places it is still used for the women's apartment, the gynaeceum.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 15 by Sir Richard Francis Burton

Subj. and of the Imperat. supply the place of the Personal Pronouns; as does also the Termination of the 2d pers. plur. of the Imperative.

From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Alexander Stewart

M = Mercian. m. = masculine.   ms., mp., etc. = masc. sing., masc. plur., etc.

From A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

Nouns in -ir keep the i in the sing., and drop it in the plur.:

From Icelandic Primer with Grammar, Notes and Glossary by Henry Sweet

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