Meanings
- PhilippinesSouth KoreaTaiwanUSabbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of Reserve Officers' Training Corps.
A trumpeteer from Ft. Polk sounded colors and an ROTC color guard raised the US flag to the top of a silver staff.
1982, All Volunteer, volume 35, number 11, page 181 more example
Adrian Rivera, 22, who had been in a high school woodworking class with him, said that Mr. Robinson would often hang around the area designated for the Junior R.O.T.C., or Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps, with other students who were interested in the military program.
2025 September 12, “Tyler Robinson, Charlie Kirk Shooting Suspect, Went From Scholarship Winner to Wanted Man”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC - abbreviationinitialismnonstandardInitialism of Republic of the Congo.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna training program to prepare college students to be commissioned officers
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ROTC. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ROTC
“ROTC.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ROTC. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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