"M/S" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: S [canonical]
Etymology: Initialism from the names Mulder and Scully. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} S
  1. (fandom slang) The ship of characters Fox Mulder and Dana Scully from the television series The X-Files. Tags: slang Categories (topical): The X-Files Synonyms: Sculder
    Sense id: en-M/S-en-name-Jq1e-ZLR Disambiguation of The X-Files: 74 26 Topics: lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: S [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|en|noun}} S
  1. (nautical) Initialism of motor ship. – a ship propelled by an internal combustion engine, such as a diesel engine, in contrast to sailing ships and steamships Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: motor ship (extra: – a ship propelled by an internal combustion engine, such as a diesel engine, in contrast to sailing ships and steamships) Categories (topical): Nautical, Heterosexual ships (fandom) Synonyms: M/V, M.V., M. V., MV Synonyms (motor ship): MS, M.S., M. S, Related terms: SS, TS Translations (motor ship): N (French), M (French)
    Sense id: en-M/S-en-noun-f27mr79H Disambiguation of Heterosexual ships (fandom): 42 58 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Ships with initialisms (fandom) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Ships with initialisms (fandom): 23 77 Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Download JSON data for M/S meaning in English (4.4kB)

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