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post-nominal letters

post-nominal letters noun: letters placed after a person’s name to indicate that that they hold an academic degree, accreditation, office, etc.

Noun

post-nominal letters pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Letters placed after a person’s name to indicate that that they hold an academic degree, accreditation, office, etc.
    Synonyms:
    post-nominals, postnominals[Appendix:Glossary

Synonyms of post-nominal letters

Questions about post-nominal letters

What does post-nominal letters mean?
Post-nominal letters means letters placed after a person’s name to indicate that that they hold an academic degree, accreditation, office, etc.
What part of speech is post-nominal letters?
Post-nominal letters is a noun.

Words near post-nominal letters in the dictionary

  1. post-natal
  2. post-natal depression
  3. post-neoliberalism
  4. Post-Nicene
  5. post-nominal
  6. post-nominal letters
  7. post-nominals
  8. post-noun
  9. post-nouns
  10. post-nup
  11. post-nups

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