"AFO" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: AFOs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} AFO (countable and uncountable, plural AFOs)
  1. (UK, law enforcement, countable) Initialism of authorised firearms officer. Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: authorised firearms officer
    Sense id: en-AFO-en-noun-DuxYgTJH Categories (other): British English, Law enforcement Topics: government, law-enforcement
  2. Initialism of armed forces overseas. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: armed forces overseas
    Sense id: en-AFO-en-noun-yXQ6~v3J
  3. Initialism of ankle-foot orthosis. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: ankle-foot orthosis
    Sense id: en-AFO-en-noun-c~UFtPW2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 10 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 6 58 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 5 61

Inflected forms

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