acca

acker

/ (ˈækə) /

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noun

Australian informal an academic

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Word Origin for acca

C20: shortened form of academic

Words nearby acca

acaudal, acaulescent, acauline, acausal, acc., acca, Accad, Accademia, Accardo, ACCC, ACCD

British Dictionary definitions for acca (2 of 2)

ACCA

abbreviation for

Associate of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants

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Example sentences from the Web for acca

Baha Ullah died at Acca in May, 1892, in his seventy-fifth year.
Bahaism and Its Claims|Samuel Graham Wilson
He robbed his victim of £350, with part of which he bought and sent goods to Acca.
Bahaism and Its Claims|Samuel Graham Wilson
They were still confined to Acca in 1906 when I visited Haifa.
Bahaism and Its Claims|Samuel Graham Wilson
The only child of this wife, a girl, was born at Acca in 1873.
Bahaism and Its Claims|Samuel Graham Wilson

"The doctors do say poor Mr. Turnbull was poisoned by acca—aconitine," stumbling over the word.
The Red Seal|Natalie Sumner Lincoln

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