PD

English

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Initialism

PD

1. (law enforcement) police department
2. (electronics) Phase detector.
3. (Ireland) Progressive Democrats, a political party.
4. Public domain.
5. peritoneal dialysis

Abbreviation

PD

1. (U.S. military): Period (full stop) punctuation mark, used in communication systems without punctuation (e.g., telegrams).
   • 1944, telegram to Gen. Carl Andrew Spaatz from Gen. Jimmy Doolittle; Edward Renehan, The Kennedys at War, 1937-1945 (2002), Doubleday, page 304:

     ... WILFORD J. WILLY CMA SR GRADE LIEUTENANT AND JOSEPH P. KENNEDY SR GRADE LIEUTENANT CMA BOTH USNR CMA WERE KILLED PD COMMANDER SMITH ...

See also

• PLL
• PFD

Anagrams

• DP , D/P

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French

Etymology

homophone of pédé

Noun

PD m

1. (vulgar, offensive) fag; queer (male homosexual)