Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation Japanese
  • abbreviation judge
  • abbreviation justice

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Examples

  • And even with that one, the officer that's in charge with that particular investigation, what we call a J.A.G. manual investigation, judge advocate general investigation, even that investigation, we won't receive any progress reports, we won't get updates on that information gathering process until the very end.

    CNN Transcript Feb 21, 2005 2005

  • Donnelly will begin his term J.n. 1, succeeding Robert J. Stevens, President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lockheed Martin Corporation.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2009

  • The truth was, I’d never read any of my mother’s books—not the StarGirl ones that were published under the name J. N. Locksley, and definitely not Big Girls Don’t Cry.

    Certain Girls Jennifer Weiner 2008

  • Okay, so I start to watch it, and of course right away the name J.

    Archive 2009-02-22 2009

  • O'BR.EN: Dave Bacon lost the son he called J.R. In July of 2004.

    CNN Transcript Sep 30, 2008 2008

  • Harmon also sat on the global advisory board of an outfit called J.

    BREAKING: Our Ba-Rock Star is In Ellen Beth Gill 2007

  • Alicia, why do you think her album was an embarrassment, even with her name J.

    CNN Transcript Oct 22, 2007 2007

  • After making off with a booty of DVD players, computers, radios, TVs and other electronic gear _ one of the suspects realized a parrot in the home had heard him using the nickname J.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Birdbrains: 2004

  • J. EDWARDS: Oh yes, well, first of all, Senator Kerry, we called J.hn within literally an hour, I think, of finding out and he could not have been better.

    CNN Transcript Dec 9, 2004 2004

  • J. EDWARDS: Oh yes, well, first of all, Senator Kerry, we called J.hn within literally an hour, I think, of finding out and he could not have been better.

    CNN Transcript Dec 12, 2004 2004

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