Chad
Meanings
name
- A male given name from Old English; also a modern nickname for Charles, Chadwick and similar-sounding names.
- The British version of the "Kilroy was here" graffiti.
noun
- A very handsome, usually tall man whom women find sexually attractive; at times seen as an alpha male of a group.
name
- A country in Central Africa. Official name: Republic of Chad.
- Lake Chad (a freshwater lake at the junction of Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon in Central Africa).
noun
- Small pieces of paper punched out from the edges of continuous stationery, or from ballot papers, paper tape, punched cards, etc.
- One of these pieces of paper.
contraction
- I had
noun
- Alternative spelling of Chad (“alpha-male; a virile man”).
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Middle English Chadde, from Old English Ċeadda, of obscure meaning; name of a seventh-century Anglo-Saxon saint, revived in the 20th century. The sense of “alpha male” originates from an apparent stereotype that men with such a name tend to bear that temperament, first attested in c. late 1990s in Chicago, Illinois (specifically "successful white man, yuppie"), but in common usage only as of the late 2010s via 4chan slang.
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