Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

p.r.

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.64 in modern English

Syllables: p.r.
IPA

4

Scrabble Score

2

Letters

1

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Abbreviation of Puerto Rico, as used in case citations.

noun

Initialism of prize ring.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"[…] the biggest so-called boxer that ever sported buff in the P.R., in the person of Charles Freeman, weighing 18st., and standing 6ft. 10½in. in his stocking feet."

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

P.R.s (plural)

Questions

What does p.r. mean?: Abbreviation of Puerto Rico, as used in case citations.

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