Acronym – A, B, C, D

A

• ADC – Aide-de-Camp
  • Post-Nominal Letters
• A de C – Aide-de-Camp
  • Post-Nominal Letters
• Adm – Admiral
  • Military Rank
• AdmF – Admiral of the Fleet
  • Military Rank
• AFP – Agence France-Presse
  • International Press Agency
• Air Cdre – Air Commodore
• Air Chf Mshl – Air Chief Marshal
• Air Mshl – Air Marshal
• ANZAC – Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
  • Military Formation active during WWI & II
  • Used since for joint Australian–New Zealand units
• AP – Associated Press
  • International Press Agency
• AVM – Air Vice-Marshal

B

• BBC – British Broadcasting Corporation
  • UK’s Public Service Broadcaster
• BEL – Belgium
  • ISO 3-letter country code
• Brig – Brigadier
  • Military Rank
• BP – Buckingham Palace
  • UK Royal Residence
• BRF – British Royal Family

C

• Capt – Captain
  • Military Rank
• CBE – Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  • Post-nominal letters for the Order of the British Empire
• CC – Court Circular
• CC – Creative Commons
  • CC# – The version of Creative Commons License
• Cdr – Commander
  • Military Rank
• Cdre – Commodore
  • Military Rank
• CH – Clarence House
  • UK Royal Residence
• CHF – Swiss francs
  • Currency in Switzerland & Lichtenstein
• CHOGM – Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
• CIIIR – Charles III Rex
  • King Charles III of UK’s Cypher
• CofE – Church of England
• Col – Colonel
  • Military Rank
• COP – Conference of the Parties
• COS – Councilor of State
• CP – Close Protection
• CP – Crown Prince
• CPS – Crown Prosecution Services
  • The public agency for conducting criminal prosecutions in England and Wales.
• CPss – Crown Princess
• CW – Commonwealth

D

• DBE – Dame Commander of the British Empire
  • Post-nominal Letters for Order of the British Empire
• D-Day – a day set for launching a military operation
  • Often used to refer specifically to June 6, 1944, when the Allied forces began the Normandy invasion of France during World War II
• DKK – Danish Krone
  • Currency in Denmark
• DL – Deputy Lieutenant
  • Post-Nominal Letters for Crown Appointment
• DNK – Denmark
  • ISO 3-letter country code
• Dof* – Duke of ____
• DofE – Duke of Edinburgh
• Dssof* – Duchess of ____