R. or r. may refer to: Reign, the period of time during which an Emperor, king, queen, etc., is ruler. Rex, abbreviated as R., the Latin word meaning King Regina, abbreviated as R., the Latin word meaning Queen or , abbreviated as r., used in historiography to designate the ruling period of a person in dynastic power, to distinguish from his or her lifespan (e.g. "Charles V (r. 1519–1556)") Abbreviation R., meaning "the Crown" or "the state" in criminal prosecution in Commonwealth realms (e.g. "R. v Defendant") R., an album by American singer R. Kelly See also R (disambiguation) R, eighteenth letter of the English and Latin alphabets