W.R.A.Fn.

Forms: Also WRAF and (colloquial) Wraf

/ræf/.

Etymology: Acronym < the initial letters of its name.

The Women's Royal Air Force (1918–20, reformed 1949), the women's corps of the Royal Air Force; also, a member of this.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > air force > [noun] > branches of

air arm1913

W.R.A.F1918

Fleet Air Arm1923

Bomber Command1939

WAAF1939

Coastal Command1940

Air Training Corps1941

Fighter Command1941

WASP1943

society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > airman > [noun] > woman

W.R.A.F1918

WAAF1939

1918 Times 3 Apr. 4/4 No women for the ‘mobile’ branch will be enrolled at present. Candidates for posts as officers should apply to the W.R.A.F. Inquiry Office,..Strand.

1921 Spectator 4 June 719/2 Sketches with pen and pencil of the duties of the ‘Wrafs’.

1955 Times 23 May 6/6 Five women holding W.R.A.F. commissions, all with university degrees, are serving as technical officers in the R.A.F.

1977 R.A.F. News 11 May 2/5 A charity disco at Newton enabled the WRAF girls there to raise £58.

1983 Daily Tel. 22 Aug. 8/5 Dame Felicity Peake was director of the WRAF from its inception in 1949.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	wraf
释义	W.R.A.Fn. Forms: Also WRAF and (colloquial) Wraf /ræf/. Etymology: Acronym < the initial letters of its name. The Women's Royal Air Force (1918–20, reformed 1949), the women's corps of the Royal Air Force; also, a member of this. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > air force > [noun] > branches of air arm1913 W.R.A.F1918 Fleet Air Arm1923 Bomber Command1939 WAAF1939 Coastal Command1940 Air Training Corps1941 Fighter Command1941 WASP1943 society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > airman > [noun] > woman W.R.A.F1918 WAAF1939 1918 Times 3 Apr. 4/4 No women for the ‘mobile’ branch will be enrolled at present. Candidates for posts as officers should apply to the W.R.A.F. Inquiry Office,..Strand. 1921 Spectator 4 June 719/2 Sketches with pen and pencil of the duties of the ‘Wrafs’. 1955 Times 23 May 6/6 Five women holding W.R.A.F. commissions, all with university degrees, are serving as technical officers in the R.A.F. 1977 R.A.F. News 11 May 2/5 A charity disco at Newton enabled the WRAF girls there to raise £58. 1983 Daily Tel. 22 Aug. 8/5 Dame Felicity Peake was director of the WRAF from its inception in 1949. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1918
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