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  • Rae
    Rae
    noun
    John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
  • RAE
    RAE
    abbreviation
    Royal Aircraft Establishment

Rae

American  
[rey] / reɪ /

noun

  1. John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.

  2. a male given name, form of Raymond or Ray.

  3. a female given name, form of Rachel.


RAE British  

abbreviation

  1. Royal Aircraft Establishment

"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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Nicole Rae, senior director of social media at golf-focused media company Pro Shop, posted her disappointment on X.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

Police later confirmed that Michael Robert Cahill, 23, Jacob Matusiak, 23, Makai Saddington, 18, Theo Rae, 17, and 17-year-old Cole Robert Worthy were all in the car on the wrong side of the A66.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

All five of the Passat's occupants - Saddington, Michael Robert Cahill, 23, Jacob Matusiak, 23, Theo Rae, 17, and Cole Robert Worthy, 17 - also died.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

“Chino Valley is now in the impossible position of being subject to two conflicting permanent injunctions,” said attorney Emily Rae.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

Jupe, Rae, and I are going to a movie tonight.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone

The IOP and RAE are calling for financial support for the sector in the UK.

From BBC Mar. 8, 2023

RAE: With “We Got Y’all,” we just felt tired of telling those stories.

From New York Times Oct. 15, 2021

A robot named Kevin is located at the Maryland Science Center, and one named RAE, which stands for Remote Aquarium Explorer, is at the National Aquarium.

From Washington Post May 14, 2021

The director of the RAE, Darío Villanueva, described Judeo-Spanish as “an extraordinarily important cultural and historical phenomenon” that was overdue an academy of its own.

From The Guardian Aug. 1, 2017

With kindest regards, good-by for now, from RAE.

From The White Linen Nurse by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

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