"USN" meaning in English

See USN in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} USN
  1. (US, military, nautical) Initialism of United States Navy. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: United States Navy Synonyms: navy, United States Navy Coordinate_terms: Continental Navy, USAF (english: United States Air Force), USA (english: United States Army), USMC (english: United States Marine Corps)
    Sense id: en-USN-en-name-r5~weyzD Categories (other): American English, Military, Nautical, English entries with incorrect language header, Microsoft Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 13 44 Disambiguation of Microsoft: 92 8 Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war

Noun

Forms: USNs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} USN (plural USNs)
  1. (computing, Microsoft Windows) Initialism of update sequence number. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: update sequence number
    Sense id: en-USN-en-noun-xWBuJngq Categories (other): Computing, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 13 44 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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          "english": "United States Army",
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