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postnominal

postnominal noun: something, such as a title or abbreviation denoting an attained academic degree or a membership in an organization, which is placed after a name. Also the alternative form of post-nominal.

Noun

postnominal (plural postnominals)

  1. Something, such as a title or abbreviation denoting an attained academic degree or a membership in an organization, which is placed after a name.
  2. Something which is placed after a noun.

Also used as

postnominal is also the alternative form of post-nominal.

Forms of postnominal

pluralpostnominals

Origin of postnominal

From post- + nominal.

Words formed from postnominal

Questions about postnominal

What does postnominal mean?
Postnominal means something, such as a title or abbreviation denoting an attained academic degree or a membership in an organization, which is placed after a name.
What part of speech is postnominal?
Postnominal is a noun.
What is the plural of postnominal?
The plural of postnominal is postnominals.

Words near postnominal in the dictionary

  1. postneurotic
  2. postneurulation
  3. postnews
  4. postnodal
  5. postnomial
  6. postnominal
  7. postnominally
  8. postnominals
  9. postnormal
  10. postnota
  11. postnotal

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