Wac

[wak]

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noun

a member of the Women's Army Corps, formerly an auxiliary of the U.S. Army.

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Origin of Wac

First recorded in 1943

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Contemporary Examples

The WAC could be the first Division I conference to drop football since the Southwest Conference in 1995, writes David Roth.
Goodbye to the WAC: The Rise of the College-Football Mega-Conference
David Roth
August 24, 2012
It is also an increasingly inhospitable place for a middle-class conference like the WAC.
Goodbye to the WAC: The Rise of the College-Football Mega-Conference
David Roth
August 24, 2012

Historical Examples

For my part they can either shoot her or put her in charge of the WAC.
Greener Than You Think
Ward Moore
It wac the first time in his life that Tom had ever been charged with a real responsibility, and he waited nervously.
Tom Slade
Percy K. Fitzhugh

Word Origin and History for wac

WAC

1943, American English, acronym from Women's Army Corps, formed 1943.

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