Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation foreign national
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- initialism
footnote - noun Diminutive of
FN-FAL (theNATO standard rifle) - noun Diminutive of FN Five-seveN (the pistol derivative of the FN-FAL)
- abbreviation Abbreviation of Fabrique Nationale de Herstal.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The SG discusses the case in FN 4 of its amicus brief.
The Volokh Conspiracy » More on the SG’s Brief in U.S. Chamber of Commerce v. Candelaria 2010
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Come to think if the FN is considered an Assault rifle, then the FG42 would be the worlds first Assault rifles rather than the MP 44 (unless one wants to give that accolade to the BAR, but I digress).
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Come to think if the FN is considered an Assault rifle, then the FG42 would be the worlds first Assault rifles rather than the MP 44 (unless one wants to give that accolade to the BAR, but I digress).
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FN is simply giving them cover, “See, this really is a problem and someone has to act now.”
Think Progress » Mother of man arrested for threatening Pelosi blames ‘really radical’ Fox News. 2010
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I'm glad that FN is having the new Model 70 built in the USA, and not in Japan -- or China.
... 2008
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Earlier this year, First National's ownership, a New York group known as FN Building that had defaulted on a roughly $27 million mortgage, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Downtown Detroit Dream Maura Webber Sadovi 2011
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But they flew him down there to talk to the big shots at FN, which is a big no-no without prior executive permission.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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I have no recollection of shooting a one-point-seven-inch three-hundred-yard group with what the caption identifies as an FN PSR .308 rifle at their firing range and no recollection of posing for a picture with any executives of that company.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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But they flew him down there to talk to the big shots at FN, which is a big no-no without prior executive permission.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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I have no recollection of shooting a one-point-seven-inch three-hundred-yard group with what the caption identifies as an FN PSR .308 rifle at their firing range and no recollection of posing for a picture with any executives of that company.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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