OSM

See also: Osm, ośm, ôm, and Osm.

English

Noun

OSM (plural OSMs)

1. (business) Initialism of operations support manager

Proper noun

OSM

1. (computing) Initialism of OpenStreetMap
2. (Catholicism) Initialism of Order of Servants of Mary; the Servites, a religious order of mendicants
3. (Freemasonry) Initialism of Order of the Secret Monitor

Usage notes

In Catholicism, the abbreviation is frequently used after friars' names as a postnominal indicating their affiliation with the Servites. Depending on the style guide, such abbreviations may be set off with commas or parentheses or not, use periods or not, or be presented in small caps or not.