"BSW" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Borrowed from German BSW (“Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|de|BSW||Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht}} Borrowed from German BSW (“Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht”) Head templates: {{en-prop}} BSW
  1. (German politics) Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance, a left-conservative political party. Tags: German
    Sense id: en-BSW-en-name-XpM8qKDc Categories (other): German politics, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 40 32 14 15 Topics: government, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: BSWs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} BSW (plural BSWs)
  1. (education) Initialism of bachelor of social work. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: bachelor of social work
    Sense id: en-BSW-en-noun-IwrVanzZ Categories (other): Education, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 45 16 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 48 10 11 Topics: education
  2. (automotive) Initialism of blind spot warning. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: blind spot warning
    Sense id: en-BSW-en-noun-aNHCimgg Categories (other): Automotive Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
  3. (automotive) Initialism of black sidewall (tyre). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: black sidewall (extra: tyre)
    Sense id: en-BSW-en-noun-Im0f-d8l Categories (other): Automotive Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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