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Dr¹

noun Drs · Dr.

  1. Doctor, a title used before a doctor's name or surname (Dr Jane Doe, Dr Doe) The defenders, Drs Smith and Lowe, ought not to have detained the pursuer in their said asylum.
  2. drive, used in street names
  3. debit
  4. debitor
  5. Japan, abbreviation Abbreviation of drums (of a rock band)

dr²

noun drs

  1. abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of debtor, debit.

    Opposite: cr

  2. abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of drive
  3. abbreviation, countable, informal, uncountable Abbreviation of doctor Probably a real change would be the cure the drs can't find.

DR³

Where it comes from

Initialism of various.

adjective

  1. abbreviation, initialism, not comparable Initialism of drug-resistant (used to refer to strains of tuberculosis).

    Opposite: DS

noun DRs

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of disaster recovery
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of dead reckoning
  3. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of domain rating
  4. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of dissident right […] His podcast is probably the best show in the entire DR.
  5. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of desired reality shifting to my fame DR
  6. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of data release
  7. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of death rate
  8. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of dynamic range

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Dominican Republic

DR⁴

Where it comes from

Probably from Latin dēbēre.

noun

  1. uncountable Debit.

    Opposite: CR

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: cafta, dq, hla, genest, flum, physician, medical practitioner, medic, doc, clinician, surgeon, general practitioner, gp, medical doctor, md, healthcare provider

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noun Doctor

EspañolDr., Dra.
日本語先生 sensei, 博士 hakase
हिन्दीडॉ॰ ḍŏ.
KiswahiliDkt.
PortuguêsDr.
FrançaisDr.
DeutschDr.
Italianodott., dr.
ΕλληνικάΔρ.
RomânăDr.
Русскийд-р d-r
العربيةد d
עבריתד״ר d'r

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@misc{dr_2026,
  title = {dr},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dr},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}