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    sr
    steradian.
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    Sr
    strontium.
  • SR
    SR
    abbreviation
    seaman recruit.
  • Sr.
    Sr.
    abbreviation
    Sister.
  • S.R.
    S.R.
    abbreviation
    Sons of the Revolution.

sr

1 American  
  1. steradian.


Sr 2 American  
Symbol, Chemistry.
  1. strontium.


SR 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. seaman recruit.


Sr. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. Ecclesiastical. Sister.


Sr. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. Senhor.

  2. Senior.

  3. Señor.

  4. Sir.


S.R. 6 American  

abbreviation

  1. Sons of the Revolution.


Sr 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. (after a name) senior

  2. Señor

  3. Sir

  4. Sister (religious)

"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

symbol

  1. strontium

"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
sr 2 British  

symbol

  1. steradian

"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

sr 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. Suriname

"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 Sr.

From the Latin word Soror

Example Sentences

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All-purpose player - Travis Etienne, Clemson, 5-10, 205, sr.,

From Washington Times Dec. 21, 2020

Class 4A Player of the year — Lincoln Victor, sr.,

From Seattle Times Dec. 20, 2018

Tight end — Tommy Sweeney, Boston College, 6-5, 260, sr.,

From Seattle Times Dec. 4, 2018

Defensive tackles - Ricky Walker, Virginia Tech, 6-2, 300, sr.,

From Washington Times Dec. 4, 2018

He sees, for one thing, what an old fogy is Mr. Deats, sr.

From Peeps at People by Robert Cortes Holliday

One of the actor’s most famed properties is the Montauk, NY, home he inherited from his father, artist Robert De Niro Sr.

From MarketWatch Sep. 1, 2026

All week, thousands of people have been attending the Sr Clare retreat, including members of her religious order.

From BBC Apr. 16, 2026

In the process of her beatification, Sr Clare is currently what is known as a Servant of God.

From BBC Apr. 16, 2026

They are the sons of five-time NBA champion Ron Harper Sr.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 14, 2026

But upon this motion which I made to her by letter, and by Sr Tho.

From Letters to Severall Persons of Honour by John Donne

In Orlando, Fla., Sabrina Brown has begun mapping out her weekend errands to avoid driving all over town in her orange 2019 Nissan Altima SR.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 25, 2026

The small Cirrus SR 20 plane came down close to the M62 in Littleborough, near Rochdale, at about 11:00 GMT.

From BBC Feb. 3, 2026

Tickets for Newcastle's Utilita Arena gig will only be available for fans with postcodes beginning with NE, DH, SR, DL, TS, ticket purchasing site Kilimanjaro Live said.

From BBC Oct. 18, 2024

“It’s adding HOV lanes from Bothell to SR 527. You can’t build half of a lane; you can’t build a lane in the middle of nowhere.”

From Seattle Times Sep. 21, 2023

Tacked to his desk was another sign that said SR.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

Wendell Erdman Berry was born on Aug. 5, 1934, in Louisville, Ky., to John Marshall Berry Sr., a lawyer and tobacco farmer, and Virginia Perry Berry.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

His father, Wesley Sr., was a standout defensive back at Westchester and San Diego State who never encouraged his son to play football because of head injury concerns.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

Bagdasarian’s father, Ross Bagdasarian Sr., who went by the stage name David Seville, invented the musical trio in 1958 after speeding up his voice to achieve a higher pitch using a $200 tape recorder.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Televangelist Jerry Falwell Sr., expressed it as the “moral majority.”

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

He was her father, Arthur Bauer, Sr. Mom pointed out Tina Tur- reton’s mother, too; she looked like she could be Tina’s older sister—very young-looking.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor

“You are here to act as a teacher and not as a revolutionary,” Doty said, according to a tribute to Baskerville published by one of his students, S.R.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2021

In Europe, France and Spain have adopted versions of a plan put forth by Bary S.R.

From New York Times Jun. 6, 2020

In 2019, the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum announced the discovery of the wreck of the S.R.

From Fox News Jan. 3, 2020

Samuel clicked and bought a black shirt with the S.R.

From The New Yorker Sep. 2, 2019

Frodo brought it back to the Shire, together with many loose leaves of notes, and during S.R. 1420-1 he nearly filled its pages with his account of the War.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

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