"FAM" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: FAMs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} FAM (plural FAMs)
  1. (US, law enforcement) Initialism of federal air marshal. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: federal air marshal Categories (topical): Law enforcement
    Sense id: en-FAM-en-noun-0A2uWUmX Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Topics: government, law-enforcement

Inflected forms

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