A.B.

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ab"

English

Noun

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

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

References

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.
Laurence Urdang (editor), The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 [1975], →ISBN), page 1

Anagrams

-ba-, B. A., B.A., BA, Ba, ba, ba'

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