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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation Received Pronunciation

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An abbreviation of the Latin Rerum Politicarum Doctor, Doctor of Political Science
  • noun of Royal Purple Degree.
  • noun In mech., an abbreviation of revolutions per minute.
  • noun An abbreviation of Reformed Protestant Episcopal
  • noun of Royal Society of Painter-Etchers.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • initialism Received Pronunciation
  • initialism rating pending
  • initialism roleplay (both verb and noun)
  • abbreviation Rhineland-Palatinate, a federal state of Germany.

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