R's

Variant of r

r definition

r or R (är)

noun pl. R's, r's

  1. the eighteenth letter of the English alphabet: from the Greek rho, a borrowing from the Phoenician
  2. any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the (r) of rude
  3. a type or impression for r or R
  4. the eighteenth in a sequence or group
  5. an object shaped like

adjective

  1. of r or R
  2. eighteenth in a sequence or group
  3. shaped like
r Idioms

the three R's

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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