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N/S

/ɛn ɛs/

N/S is the initialism of non-smoker.

N/S is the initialism of nuclear ship.

N/S is the abbreviation of non-serviceable, used on tags attached to equipment needing servicing.

Meaning of non-smoker

Noun

non-smoker (plural non-smokers)

  1. Somebody who does not smoke tobacco.
    • The smaller saloon is reserved for non-smokers in both cases.1952 September, “Modernised Pull-and-Push Trains”, in Railway Magazine, page 617
  2. A railway carriage where smoking tobacco is not permitted.

Origin of N/S

Abbreviations.

Questions about N/S

What is N/S the initialism of?
N/S is the initialism of non-smoker.
How do you pronounce N/S?
N/S is pronounced /ɛn ɛs/.

Words near N/S in the dictionary

  1. N.Y.C.
  2. N.Z.
  3. n/a
  4. N/D
  5. n/m
  6. N/S
  7. n/t
  8. n00b
  9. n00bish
  10. n00blet
  11. n00blets

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Adapted from Wiktionary: N/S (page history and authors); non-smoker (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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