WAACn.

Brit.

/wak/, U.S.

/wæk/

Forms: 1900s– W.A.A.C., 1900s– WAAC, 1900s– waac, 1900s– wack.

Origin: Formed within English, as an acronym. Etymon: English Women's Army Auxiliary Corps.

Etymology: Acronym < the initial letters of Women's Army Auxiliary Corps < the genitive plural of woman n. + army n. + auxiliary adj. + corps n.¹

Now historical.

a. In singular and plural. With the. In the United Kingdom: the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, 1917–18.The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (sometimes called the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps) provided non-combatant service in the latter stages of the First World War, first arriving on the Western Front on 31 March 1917. In 1918 it was renamed the Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps, which was formally disbanded in 1921. A similar body formed during the Second World War was the Auxiliary Territorial Service (see A.T.S. n.), later replaced by the Women’s Royal Army Corps (see W.R.A.C n.).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > women's branch of British army

WAAC1917

W.R.A.C1949

1917 M. Macdonagh Diary 29 Mar. in London during Great War (1935) iii. ii. 186 The W.A.A.C.s (Women's Auxiliary Army Corps).

1917 W. Owen Let. June (1967) 472 The WAAC's now wait on us. It is rather pleasant.

1918 Times 11 Feb. 9/5 These attributes should prove very valuable to the W.A.A.C. as its recruiting schemes widen to set free more men for the firing line.

1918 Nursing Times 27 Apr. 472/1 The arrival of General Service members who are working as ward maids principally, under exactly the same conditions as the ‘Wacks’.

1967 Illustr. London News 27 May 27/1 The WAAC regularised the place of women behind the front line, although when it started the women still had the legal status of camp followers.

2006 E. Ewan et al. Biogr. Dict. Sc. Women 369 In January 1917 the Army Council proposed to form a women's army auxiliary to free men to go to the front... Mona Chalmers Watson was appointed Chief Controller and senior officer of the WAAC.

b. A member of this corps.

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1917 M. Macdonagh Diary 29 Mar. in London during Great War (1935) iii. ii. 186 One of the riddles of the day is: ‘Which would you like: a whack on the head or a Waac on your knee?’

1930 A. Bennett Imperial Palace lviii. 456 What do you know of the Western Front, my dear? You aren't old enough to have been a Waac.

1976 ‘A. Cross’ Question of Max x. 134 Everyone was just WAACs and Tommies together.

2004 J. S. K. Watson Fighting Different Wars 303 A WAAC might well have been a parlormaid formerly.

a. In singular and plural. With the. In the United States: the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, 1942–3.Renamed the Women's Army Corps in 1943; see WAC n.

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1941 Dunkirk (N.Y.) Evening Observer 30 Dec. 8/6 Mrs Rogers drew up a bill earlier this year to establish the WAAC.

1942 Chicago Defender 17 Oct. 18/3 Some recruiting offices..have made it difficult for Negro women to enlist in the W.A.A.C.'s by telling them there are no vacancies for Negroes.

1998 Wisconsin Mag. Hist. 82 89/2 To Pascale, who had grown up poor in a large family on the Red Cliff Ojibwe reservation in Bayfield County, the WAACs represented opportunity and security.

2012 M. T. Brown Enlisting Masculinity iii. 63 Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers..introduced legislation in May 1941 to open the Army to women... The resulting law created an auxiliary corps for women, the WAAC.

b. A member of this corps.

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1942 Prospector (Univ. of Texas at El Paso) 16 Jan. 4/1 (heading) Wanta be a WAAC?

1943 B. Bandel Let. Aug. in S. J. Bugbee Officer & Lady (2004) 114 My every working thought seems to be absorbed by the WAAC, or by Waacs.

1989 D. Campbell in A. B. Green One Woman's War p. xiv ‘I didn't want to live with my aunt any longer’ and ‘..l thought I would like to get something that would give me a chance to be outdoors more,’ two Waacs explained in 1943.

2010 M. Vogel Olive Borden 2 She straightened herself out for a short time and volunteered as a WAAC during World War II.

Compounds

General attributive.

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1918 J. M. Grider Diary 5 Mar. in War Birds (1927) 85 A Waac officer can't walk out with a Tommy any more than an army officer can be seen with a Waac private.

1921 H. Walpole Thirteen Travellers viii. 152 The ‘W.A.A.C.’ uniform suited her; she liked stiff collars and short skirts and tight belts.

1942 Mich. Alumnus 3 Oct. 7 (heading) Two alumnae are among first to be commissioned as WAAC officers.

1957 H. H. Jenkins Diction of ‘Yank’ (Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Florida) vi. 59 Ordnance announced the addition of the WAAC-Cycle, a light-weight, streamlined bike for the ladies.

2011 J. M. Sullivan Bands of Sisters ii. 11 Five WAAC training centers were opened between July 1942 and March 1943.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	waac
释义	WAACn. Brit. /wak/, U.S. /wæk/ Forms: 1900s– W.A.A.C., 1900s– WAAC, 1900s– waac, 1900s– wack. Origin: Formed within English, as an acronym. Etymon: English Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Etymology: Acronym < the initial letters of Women's Army Auxiliary Corps < the genitive plural of woman n. + army n. + auxiliary adj. + corps n.¹ Now historical. 1. a. In singular and plural. With the. In the United Kingdom: the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, 1917–18.The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (sometimes called the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps) provided non-combatant service in the latter stages of the First World War, first arriving on the Western Front on 31 March 1917. In 1918 it was renamed the Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps, which was formally disbanded in 1921. A similar body formed during the Second World War was the Auxiliary Territorial Service (see A.T.S. n.), later replaced by the Women’s Royal Army Corps (see W.R.A.C n.). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > women's branch of British army WAAC1917 W.R.A.C1949 1917 M. Macdonagh Diary 29 Mar. in London during Great War (1935) iii. ii. 186 The W.A.A.C.s (Women's Auxiliary Army Corps). 1917 W. Owen Let. June (1967) 472 The WAAC's now wait on us. It is rather pleasant. 1918 Times 11 Feb. 9/5 These attributes should prove very valuable to the W.A.A.C. as its recruiting schemes widen to set free more men for the firing line. 1918 Nursing Times 27 Apr. 472/1 The arrival of General Service members who are working as ward maids principally, under exactly the same conditions as the ‘Wacks’. 1967 Illustr. London News 27 May 27/1 The WAAC regularised the place of women behind the front line, although when it started the women still had the legal status of camp followers. 2006 E. Ewan et al. Biogr. Dict. Sc. Women 369 In January 1917 the Army Council proposed to form a women's army auxiliary to free men to go to the front... Mona Chalmers Watson was appointed Chief Controller and senior officer of the WAAC. b. A member of this corps. ΚΠ 1917 M. Macdonagh Diary 29 Mar. in London during Great War (1935) iii. ii. 186 One of the riddles of the day is: ‘Which would you like: a whack on the head or a Waac on your knee?’ 1930 A. Bennett Imperial Palace lviii. 456 What do you know of the Western Front, my dear? You aren't old enough to have been a Waac. 1976 ‘A. Cross’ Question of Max x. 134 Everyone was just WAACs and Tommies together. 2004 J. S. K. Watson Fighting Different Wars 303 A WAAC might well have been a parlormaid formerly. 2. a. In singular and plural. With the. In the United States: the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, 1942–3.Renamed the Women's Army Corps in 1943; see WAC n. ΚΠ 1941 Dunkirk (N.Y.) Evening Observer 30 Dec. 8/6 Mrs Rogers drew up a bill earlier this year to establish the WAAC. 1942 Chicago Defender 17 Oct. 18/3 Some recruiting offices..have made it difficult for Negro women to enlist in the W.A.A.C.'s by telling them there are no vacancies for Negroes. 1998 Wisconsin Mag. Hist. 82 89/2 To Pascale, who had grown up poor in a large family on the Red Cliff Ojibwe reservation in Bayfield County, the WAACs represented opportunity and security. 2012 M. T. Brown Enlisting Masculinity iii. 63 Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers..introduced legislation in May 1941 to open the Army to women... The resulting law created an auxiliary corps for women, the WAAC. b. A member of this corps. ΚΠ 1942 Prospector (Univ. of Texas at El Paso) 16 Jan. 4/1 (heading) Wanta be a WAAC? 1943 B. Bandel Let. Aug. in S. J. Bugbee Officer & Lady (2004) 114 My every working thought seems to be absorbed by the WAAC, or by Waacs. 1989 D. Campbell in A. B. Green One Woman's War p. xiv ‘I didn't want to live with my aunt any longer’ and ‘..l thought I would like to get something that would give me a chance to be outdoors more,’ two Waacs explained in 1943. 2010 M. Vogel Olive Borden 2 She straightened herself out for a short time and volunteered as a WAAC during World War II. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1918 J. M. Grider Diary 5 Mar. in War Birds (1927) 85 A Waac officer can't walk out with a Tommy any more than an army officer can be seen with a Waac private. 1921 H. Walpole Thirteen Travellers viii. 152 The ‘W.A.A.C.’ uniform suited her; she liked stiff collars and short skirts and tight belts. 1942 Mich. Alumnus 3 Oct. 7 (heading) Two alumnae are among first to be commissioned as WAAC officers. 1957 H. H. Jenkins Diction of ‘Yank’ (Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Florida) vi. 59 Ordnance announced the addition of the WAAC-Cycle, a light-weight, streamlined bike for the ladies. 2011 J. M. Sullivan Bands of Sisters ii. 11 Five WAAC training centers were opened between July 1942 and March 1943. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1917
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