acca

¹

/ ˈækə /

noun

1. informal.
   an academic

ACCA

²

abbreviation for

1. Associate of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants

Word History and Origins

Origin of acca¹

C20: shortened form of academic

Example Sentences

Baha Ullah died at Acca in May, 1892, in his seventy-fifth year.

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He robbed his victim of £350, with part of which he bought and sent goods to Acca.

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They were still confined to Acca in 1906 when I visited Haifa.

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The only child of this wife, a girl, was born at Acca in 1873.

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"The doctors do say poor Mr. Turnbull was poisoned by acca—aconitine," stumbling over the word.

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