WAAC

Or W.A.A.C.

[wak]

noun

1. U.S. Military.

   1. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps: founded during World War II.

   2. a member of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps.

2. British.

   1. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps: founded in 1917.

   2. a member of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps.

WAAC

/ wæk /

acronym

1. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

2. Also called: waac. a member of this corps

Word History and Origins

Origin of WAAC¹

1942 WAAC for def. 1

Example Sentences

But for women in the WAAC, it showed their patriotism and devotion to duty, and that they were doing a man’s job.

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Most stirring of all, though, are the pictures she did during the second world war under the auspices of the WAAC.

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The idea for this audacious mission came from Knight rather than from the WAAC, a fact that tells you a great deal about her: at an age when most artists of her reputation might have been inclined to rest on their laurels – by this time she was very famous indeed – Knight was still questing after challenging new subjects.

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Mrs. Hobby had headed the WAAC's preliminary planning program, which included the unhappy task of designing a corps uniform.

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And every woman jill of them was a volunteer, who had endured the cheap jokes and poor public reactions of the WAAC's early weeks.

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