RP
RP
1 American
Rp.
2
American
abbreviation
R.P.
3
American
abbreviation
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Reformed Presbyterian.
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Regius Professor.
RP
British
abbreviation
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Received Pronunciation
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Reformed Presbyterian
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Regius Professor
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the Philippines (international car registration)
Etymology
Origin of RP
(sense 4) From R(epublic of the) Philippines
Example Sentences
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BJP spokesperson RP Singh rejected suggestions that the government was unfairly targeting the club.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
Some marketers are even being sued for running misleading ads, according to RP Legal, a law firm based in Columbia, S.C.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 1, 2026
Kenley Jansen, 38, RP, 2.4, 24.4: A Dodgers closer for 12 years and an Angels closer in 2025, Jansen’s presence on the mound holding a ninth-inning lead is iconic in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2025
In Pune, she met RP Paranjpye, a prominent educationist whose family unofficially adopted Irawati and raised her as their own.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2025
RP XI. 59-72; also RP, new series, V. 129-140.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow
What makes R.P. particularly hard to diagnose is that there is no single blood test to confirm the diagnosis.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2021
He found mentors in the confessional poet John Berryman and literary critic R.P.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2019
T.F. and R.P. inspected independently the X-shooter spectra.
From Nature ● May 15, 2018
After her husband’s death from leukemia, in 1994, O’Connor remained a trustee of his charity, the R.P.
From Time ● Feb. 15, 2013
The uppermost 299 coin is in the collection of Dr. Hunter; the second is copied from Newman, and the third is the property of R.P.
From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 With His Letters and Journals by Thomas Moore
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