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SER

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01honorific title

C2

n. an old way of writing 'sir' used long ago.

n. an archaic orthographic variant of the honorific title 'sir'.

“In the old manuscript, the knight was addressed as Ser Galahad.”

“The author chose to use the spelling 'Ser' throughout the fantasy novel to evoke a sense of medieval chivalry and linguistic distance.”

Archaic

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02unit of weight

C2

n. a historical unit of weight used in India, equal to about one kilogram.

n. a historical unit of mass used in South Asia, traditionally equivalent to 80 tolas or approximately 0.933 kilograms.

“The merchant sold the grain by the ser in the local market.”

“Colonial records from the nineteenth century often list agricultural yields in maunds and sers rather than metric units.”

Technical · Archaic

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03abbreviation for serial

C1 · Computing

n. a short way to write 'serial', often used in technical lists.

n. a common technical abbreviation for 'serial', frequently appearing in manufacturing or computing contexts.

“Check the ser. number on the back of the device for the warranty.”

“The database schema uses 'ser' as a prefix for columns containing sequential identification numbers for each hardware component.”

Technical

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