Thad

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/θæd/

proper noun

A diminutive of the male given names Thaddeus and Thaddaeus, sometimes also used as a formal given name.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A diminutive of the male given names Thaddeus and Thaddaeus, sometimes also used as a formal given name.
    1 more example

    "You must call me 'Thaddeus,' Hazel Jones. Better yet, 'Thad'. 'Mr. Gallagher' is for servants and other hirelings." When Hazel made no reply, Thaddeus learned toward her suggestively: "Will you call me 'Thad'? It's very like 'Chet', - eh? Almost no one calls me 'Thad' any longer, my old friends are falling away - every season, like dying leaves."

    2007, Joyce Carol Oates, The Gravedigger's Daughter, Fourth estate, →ISBN, page 503

Origin

Clipping of Thaddeus.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Thad

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Sounds the same

THAAD
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APA

Thad. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Thad

MLA

“Thad.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Thad. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Thad,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Thad.

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