"PRB" meaning in All languages combined

See PRB on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: the PRB [canonical], P.R.B. [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|def=1}} the PRB
  1. (art) Initialism of Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, a group of English painters, poets, and art critics in the 19th century. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (extra: a group of English painters, poets, and art critics in the 19th century)
    Sense id: en-PRB-en-name-ucSDutrh Categories (other): Art, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 46 2 27 2 8 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 15 2 38 3 4 38 Topics: art, arts

Proper name [English]

Forms: P.R.B. [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-prop}} PRB
  1. Initialism of People’s Republic of Bangladesh. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: People’s Republic of Bangladesh
    Sense id: en-PRB-en-name-Ey4dAn4s
  2. Initialism of People’s Republic of Benin. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: People’s Republic of Benin
    Sense id: en-PRB-en-name-zoZY2LU8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 1 43 0 6 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 15 2 38 3 4 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 2 48 2 3 28
  3. Initialism of People’s Republic of Bulgaria. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: People’s Republic of Bulgaria
    Sense id: en-PRB-en-name-f97G5osq

Noun [English]

Forms: PRBs [plural], P.R.B. [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} PRB (countable and uncountable, plural PRBs)
  1. (UK, government) Initialism of pay review body. Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: pay review body
    Sense id: en-PRB-en-noun-PTkJZEjO Categories (other): British English, Government Topics: government

Symbol [Translingual]

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  1. (international standards) Unofficial non-ISO 4217 currency code for the Transnistrian ruble. Wikipedia link: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2, ISO 4217, Puerto Rico Synonyms: RUP
    Sense id: en-PRB-mul-symbol-aezMGH1Z Categories (other): Currency codes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Translingual entries with incorrect language header, Translingual terms with redundant script codes, Currency, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 15 2 38 3 4 38

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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