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  • tr.
    tr.
    abbreviation
    tare.
  • T.R.
    T.R.
    abbreviation
    in the time of the king.
  • TR
    TR
    abbreviation
    Turkey (international car registration)
  • tr
    tr
    abbreviation
    treasurer

tr.

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. tare.

  2. tincture.

  3. trace.

  4. train.

  5. transaction.

  6. transitive.

  7. translated.

  8. translation.

  9. translator.

  10. transpose.

  11. transposition.

  12. treasurer.

  13. Music. trill.

  14. troop.

  15. trust.

  16. trustee.


T.R. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. in the time of the king.


T.R. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Theodore Roosevelt.

  2. tons registered.

  3. trust receipt.


tr. 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. transitive

  2. translated

  3. music trill

"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

TR 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Turkey (international car registration)

"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

tr 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. treasurer

"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

tr 4 British  

abbreviation

  1. Turkey

"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 T.R.

From Latin tempore rēgis

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History of my time: Memoirs, ed. by the Duc d'Audiffret-Pasquier, tr. by C. E. Roche.

From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) by William Milligan Sloane

CHEISHOLME, tr. to Comrie. 1590-1607—JOHN DAVIDSON, A.M., died 7th April.

From Chronicles of Strathearn by W. B. Macdougall

Gathered again a fair congregation. 1824-1825—ROBERT ALLAN, A.M., tr. to Little Dunkeld. 1831-1832—WILLIAM ROBERTSON, tr. to Logie.

From Chronicles of Strathearn by W. B. Macdougall

TURCAN, A.M., died 18th April. 1721-1730—WILLIAM SIMSON, tr. to Dunblane. 1732-1767—ALEX.

From Chronicles of Strathearn by W. B. Macdougall

Seceded in 1843, but came back. 1846-1852—DUNCAN CAMPBELL, tr. to Luss.

From Chronicles of Strathearn by W. B. Macdougall

“Broadly, a lot of what’s been said and implied about this project is wrong,” Ford spokesman T.R.

From Washington Times Sep. 5, 2023

Outdoorsman T.R. had, of course, preferred real horses for his core work.

From Salon May 7, 2022

T.R. hatches a plan to blast gigatons of sulfur into the stratosphere, countering the heat-trapping gases and cooling the planet.

From Washington Post Nov. 22, 2021

“Of course queer actors can play straight, straight actors can play queer,” adds T.R.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2021

Following behind me, T.R. crouched low and took a few careful steps onto the trestle.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

Often called the first modern president, TR expanded the office’s power and influence, wielding his clout to conserve public land, regulate corporations and bolster America’s status as a world power.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 29, 2025

Although TR expansions constitute about 6 percent of our genome and substantially contribute to complex congenial conditions, scientific understanding of them remains limited.

From Science Daily Apr. 5, 2024

The agency, TR Entertainment, did not respond to an emailed request for comment.

From New York Times Feb. 25, 2024

But Ford spokesman TR Reid confirmed Monday that plant construction has been paused and spending has been limited on it.

From Seattle Times Sep. 25, 2023

A pair of gentleman's dress gloves, very dirty; and inside the lining, the letters TR, and a cross.

From Reprinted Pieces by Charles Dickens

The other half of the prize was given tr.

From Time Magazine Archive

Only he does that thing where he pronounces tr like an f.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle

The primitive Indo-European p-tr, Skeat takes to be formed, with the agent-suffix tr, from the radical pâ, "to protect, to guard,"—the father having been originally looked upon as the "protector," or "guarder."

From The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day by Alexander F. Chamberlain

I have referred to the MS. and certainly the printer is exonerated, it is much more like a tr than a k.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas

A few of Dr. Winckler’s renderings are quoted in the Index, and marked—Winckler’s tr.

From The Oldest Code of Laws in the World The code of laws promulgated by Hammurabi, King of Babylon B.C. 2285-2242 by C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter) Johns

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