Meanings
WAC1
proper noun
- USabbreviationhistoricalinitialismgovernmentInitialism of Women's Army Corps.
- rail transportThe station code of Wan Chai in Hong Kong.
Wac2
nounWac (plural Wacs)
plural Wacs
- UShistoricalslangA member of the Women's Army Corps, the women's branch of the United States Army from 1942-1978.
I stepped out of my tent in Marrakech one night to get a bar of candy and caught your dose of clap when that Wac I never even saw before hissed me into the bushes.
1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 172
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan army corps that was organized in World War II but is no longer a separate branch of the United States Army
Similar
Women's Army Corps
Broader
corpsarmy corps
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Initialism of Women's Army Corps.
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APA
WAC. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/WAC
MLA
“WAC.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/WAC. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “WAC,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/WAC.
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