HR

¹ American  

[eych-ahr] / ˈeɪtʃˈɑr /

abbreviation

1. human resources.

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hr. ² American  

Or h

abbreviation

1. hour; hours.

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Hr. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. Herr.

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h.r. ⁴ American  

Or HR or hr

abbreviation

1. home run.

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H.R. ⁵ American  

Or HR

abbreviation

1. House of Representatives.

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HR ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. House of Representatives

2. human resources

3. human rights

4. Croatia (international car registration)

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hr ² British  

abbreviation

1. hour

2. Baseball home run

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hr ³ British  

abbreviation

1. Croatia

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Etymology

Origin of HR

(for sense 4) from Croatian Hrvatska

Example Sentences

I’d been working alone for years and somehow assembled a group of colleagues who had absolutely no HR department and even fewer boundaries.

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2026

She is a part-time HR administrator and Paul is a manager at Network Rail.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

At the moment, AI agents are best suited to “low-risk” areas like software development, customer support, enterprise operations, HR and payroll, Krishna said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

He has introduced HR 7378, which proposes splitting the difference by permanently sliding the clock forward a half hour and stopping the twice-annual time change.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2026

As he talks, he makes a show of shifting his eyes to one of the handful of pre-party attendees, a pregnant woman named Kat who oversees HR for Burning Man.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel