RM
RM
1 American
rm.
2
American
abbreviation
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rms
plural
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ream.
-
room.
r.m.
3
American
abbreviation
RM
1
British
abbreviation
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Royal Mail
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Royal Marines
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(in Canada) Rural Municipality
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Madagascar (international car registration)
rm
2
British
abbreviation
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ream
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room
Etymology
Origin of RM
(sense 4) From R(epublic of) M(adagascar)
Example Sentences
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“Blue Water” centers the work of Kim Whanki, the late globe-trotting abstract artist and the first RM says he “fell for.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
As RM steps into the spotlight of the art world, he is learning to become comfortable with the uncomfortable in-between spaces he occupies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
Kim, who has long championed Korean artists internationally, was particularly impressed with the diversity of Korean art that RM has amassed, including its “remarkable range.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
The RM Sotheby's auction in California raised more than 35 times the usual price of a Ferrari Luce.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Of the naval brigade, Lieutenant Hay, RN, was wounded in the hand, and Lieutenant Stirling, RM, severely in the leg.
From Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign by William Henry Giles Kingston
So she filled all the drawers and wardrobes with those nasty camphor moth-balls, which the r.m. couldn't endure, and when she protested, Margaret offered a compromise.
From The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware by Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze) Barry
Me with my Puritan conscience and big bump of order, and my r.m. calmly embroidering this Sabbath afternoon!
From The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware by Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze) Barry
She would cut out the moth-balls, even at the expense of having her clothes ruined, if the r.m. would swear off on musk and the like.
From The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware by Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze) Barry
“I wanted a little bit lower trajectory, and especially with these courses being really fi rm, less loft was better to get the ball running,” she says.
From Golf Digest ● Jan. 8, 2020
Among them is Rick Moonen, former chef of New York City's Oceana, who recently opened a new seafood restaurant called rm.
From Time Magazine Archive
From the Denver Post: "New Ig Iv rm, frpl, 2 bdrm, Ig kt, exp attic cel gar."
From Time Magazine Archive
If the directory contains files, you must delete those files first, or alternatively you can use rm -r in place of rmdir. cd ..
From Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage by John Goerzen
"On Unix, rm -r /usr will nuke everything in the usr filesystem."
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Guy L. Steele
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