WAAC

WAAC
/wak/, n.
1. U.S. Mil.
a. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps: founded during World War II.
b. a member of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Cf. Wac.
2. Brit.
a. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps: founded in 1917.
b. a member of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Cf. WRAC.
Also, W.A.A.C.
[1942 for def. 1]

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