Initials

Initials
Initials In*i"tials, n. pl. The first letters of a person's first and last name, and sometimes also the first letters of the middle name or names; as, sign your initials in the margin; people identified only by their initials. [PJC]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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