JD

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See also: jd, J.D., and Jd.

English

Noun

JD (plural JDs)

  1. (law) Initialism of Juris Doctor.
  2. (law) Initialism of juvenile delinquent.
  3. (astronomy) Initialism of Julian date.
    • 1999, Kenneth R. Lang, Astrophysical Formulae: Space, Time, Matter and Cosmology, volume II, Springer, →ISBN, page 70:
      The Julian proleptic calendar is formed by applying the rules of the Julian calendar to times before Caesar's reform, and the Julian date (JD) specifies the particular instant of a day by ending the Julian day number with the fraction of the day elapsed since the preceding Greenwich noon.
  4. (astronomy) Initialism of Julian day.
  5. (colloquial) Initialism of Jack Daniel's, an American brand of whiskey
    Could you get me a JD and Coke?
    • 2010, “Hawaii”, performed by Tom Felton:
      The only brolly that's in sight / Is the mini one that's in my drink / JD, coke and lime / This is how I want to spend my time
    • 2023, “Outside”, performed by Br3nya:
      Mmmm, come here baby / I got the JD
  6. Initialism of job description.

Proper noun

JD

  1. (Indian politics) Initialism of Janata Dal (former Indian political party)

Anagrams

Japanese

Noun

JD(ジェーディー) (jēdī

  1. Initialism of 女子大学生 (joshi daigakusei, female college student).