A.B.

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English

Noun

A.B. (plural A.B.s)

  1. Initialism of able seaman or able-bodied seaman.[1][2]
  2. Initialism of artium baccalaureus (Bachelor of Arts).[1][2]
  3. (dated) A blank for a person's name, perhaps followed by C.D., etc. for others.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 William Morris, editor (1969 (1971 printing)), “A.B.”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, New York, N.Y.: American Heritage Publishing Co., →OCLC, page 1.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Laurence Urdang (editor), The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 , →ISBN), page 1

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