HM

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See also: hm, .hm, h'm, H.M., ḥm, and ḫm

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HM

  1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Heard Island and McDonald Islands.
    Synonym: HMD (alpha-3)

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Noun[edit]

HM (plural HMs)

  1. Initialism of His Majesty (the title of a king).
  2. Initialism of Her Majesty (the title of a queen).
  3. (India, government) Initialism of Home Minister.
  4. (military, US) Abbreviation of hospital corpsman.
  5. (music) Abbreviation of heavy metal.
    • 1982 April 24, “Women of Iron”, in Gay Community News, page 10:
      When girls appropriate a male-dominated form like HM, can they discard its sexist content without replacing it with something else?

Usage notes[edit]

  • Similarly, when HMG is used in the possessive (to mean "His/Her Majesty's Government's"), it is written HMG, not HMG's.
  • 2018 June 11, HM Government, “HMG personnel security controls”, in www.gov.uk‎[2], London, archived from the original on 2021-10-26:
    HMG personnel security controls... This booklet describes the government's personnel security...
  • HM is used both to save space and—especially in uses difficult to change, like signage—to avoid having to change it in the event of the death of a monarch changing His Majesty's to Her Majesty's or vice versa.
  • 2021 October 30 (last accessed), HM Passport Office, “HM Passport Office”, in www.gov.uk‎[3], London, archived from the original on 2021-10-27:
    HM Passport Office is the sole issuer of UK passports and responsible for civil registration services through the General Register Office.

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HM

  1. (computing theory) Initialism of Hindley-Milner.

References[edit]

  1. ^ HM Passport Office (2021 October 30 (last accessed)) “HM Passport Office”, in www.gov.uk‎[1], London, archived from the original on 2021-10-27, top-of-page banner logotype: “HM Passport Office”

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HM

  1. (title of a queen) Initialism of Hare Majesteit.
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