"HM" meaning in English

See HM in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} HM
  1. (computing theory) Initialism of Hindley-Milner. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Hindley-Milner Categories (topical): Theory of computing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: H.M., H. M.

Noun

Forms: HMs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} HM (plural HMs)
  1. Initialism of His Majesty (the title of a king). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: His Majesty (extra: the title of a king) Categories (topical): Titles
    Sense id: en-HM-en-noun-0lHJJOtJ Disambiguation of Titles: 3 33 33 21 7 2
  2. Initialism of Her Majesty (the title of a queen). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Her Majesty (extra: the title of a queen) Categories (topical): Titles
    Sense id: en-HM-en-noun-iJght26Q Disambiguation of Titles: 3 33 33 21 7 2
  3. (India, government) Initialism of Home Minister. Tags: India, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Home Minister Categories (topical): Government, Titles
    Sense id: en-HM-en-noun-mkRdJS99 Disambiguation of Titles: 3 33 33 21 7 2 Categories (other): Indian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 11 11 43 21 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 7 7 56 14 6 Topics: government
  4. (military, US) Abbreviation of hospital corpsman. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: hospital corpsman Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-HM-en-noun-y8ZQpXtl Categories (other): American English Topics: government, military, politics, war
  5. (music) Abbreviation of heavy metal. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: heavy metal Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-HM-en-noun-JeB2SVE8 Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: H.M., H. M. Related terms: HAM, HCM, HFM, HGDH, HH, HI&RM, HIll.H, HMG, HRH, HSH

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for HM meaning in English (5.4kB)

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