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Anzac|ˈænzæk|
A word made up from the initials of Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, and used colloq. for a member of that corps, or to designate any Australian or N.Z. serviceman. Also attrib., as Anzac Day, the occasion (or anniversary) of the landing of the corps in the Gallipoli Peninsula on 25 April, 1915.
1915Sphere 16 Oct. 55/3 The term, Anzac, which recent events on the Gallipoli Peninsula have rendered so prominent, is derived as follows [etc.]. 1916W. R. Birdwood in C. E. W. Bean Anzac Book p. ix, It may be of interest..to hear the origin of the word ‘Anzac’. When I took over the command of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps in Egypt a year ago, I was asked to select a telegraphic code address for my Army Corps, and then adopted the word ‘Anzac’. 1916Daily Mail 1 Nov. 4/4 ‘Anzac’..is a word that bids fair to be reckoned among the immortals. 1920Chambers's Jrnl. June 374/2 The thing had been started by one of the Anzacs venturing the modest opinion that if Britain had had a million Australian troops, they..would be..in Berlin. 1920Glasgow Herald 26 Apr. 9 Anzac Day. 1921Q. Rev. CCXXXVI. July 18 This..is..the surest guide to an understanding of things Australian—that the Anzac, the ‘Digger’ in his best and worst qualities alike, is a fair type of his fellow countrymen. 1941Times Weekly 23 Apr. 5 The Australian and New Zealand divisions fighting in Greece are to be known as the Anzac Corps. 1944J. H. Fullarton Troop Target xiv. 104 ‘What was wrong with being an Anzac?’ demanded Peter Doe, whose father had died at Anzac Cove. ‘Nothing,’ said Robin. ‘Except that to nine people out of ten Anzac means Australian.’ |