Etymology of AD

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noun

Initialism of assistant director. · Initialism of air defence or air defense. · Initialism of antidepressant. · Initialism of auxiliary destroyer (a naval tender, a destroyer tender that tends to destroyers).

adj

Initialism of antidumping.

name

Initialism of Abu Dhabi.

adv

Initialism of Anno Domini (borrowed from Latin); in the year of our Lord.

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