vad
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.22 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Initialism of Voluntary Aid Detachment: a women′s first-aid organisation active during World War I and World War II, or a member of this detachment.
Countable; Uncountable
name
A village in Copalnic-Mănăștur, Maramureș County, Romania.
name
A village in Dragomirești, Neamț County, Romania.
Example Sentences
- "A young girl in V.A.D. uniform ran lightly across the lawn."
- "‘You've not been caught in bed with a V.A.D.?’ Tietjens asked."
- "‘A nurse is like a doctor. It takes a long time to be. A VAD is a short cut.’"
- "If Mollie Skinner was ever technically a member of a Voluntary Aid Detachment in India she would have been an unusually experienced and well-qualified one. VADs were more frequently lady amateurs[…]."
- "There was also the Dublin University VAD, or Voluntary Aid Detachment branch of Dublin University Women graduates and undergraduates."
- "2008, Celia M. Kingsbury, Chapter 2: Food Will Win the War, Kathleen LeBesco, Peter Naccarato (editors), Edible Ideologies: Representing Food and Meaning, State University of New York Press, 46, Smith, pseudonym for freelance writer Evadne Price, obtained the war journal of a V.A.D. by the name of Winifred Young, who had turned over the diary with the stipulation that Price remain faithful to the tone."
Etymology
From Romanian Vad.
Word Breakdown
- Root: Vad
Usage
Inflected Forms
Frequently Paired Words
V.A.D.