Anzac

American  

[an-zak] / ˈæn zæk /

noun

1. a member of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during World War I.

2. a soldier from Australia or New Zealand.

3. any Australian or New Zealander.

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Anzac British  

/ ˈænzæk /

noun

1. (in World War I) a soldier serving with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps

2. (now) any Australian or New Zealand soldier

3. the Anzac landing at Gallipoli in 1915

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Etymology

Origin of Anzac

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

The values of the so-called Anzac spirit - famously traced to a doomed offensive carried out by Australian troops at Gallipoli, Turkey, in World War One - are embedded in Australia's sense of national identity.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Australia and New Zealand already have a longstanding "Anzac bond", he said, pointing to their history fighting side-by-side at Gallipoli in World War One.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2024

Police said there was no threat to Thursday’s events for Anzac Day, when thousands gather for dawn services and street marches around Australia to commemorate the nation’s war dead.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2024

The Anzac Day services began as the first light broke on the peninsula in northwest Turkey, with a mournful Aboriginal didgeridoo performance and the singing of hymns and solemn songs.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2023

And finally the Suvla Bay and Anzac regions, the points from which the troops would have to be embarked, were all within artillery range and often within rifle range of the enemy.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War by Miller, Francis Trevelyan