zad

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noun

A militant open-air demonstration in the form of a defended squat.

OriginFrench ZAD →
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Meanings

zad1

nounzad (plural zads)

plural zads

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of zed (“letter Z”).

    I do not know that we have in any Word changed the old […] into the Letter Zad z.

    1729, James Greenwood, An essay towards a practical English grammar, page 332

zad2

nounzad (plural zads)

plural zads

  1. alternativeAlternative form of daad (“Arabic letter ض”).

ZAD3

nounZAD (plural ZADs)

plural ZADs

  1. A militant open-air demonstration in the form of a defended squat.

    For the majority, the ZAD offers an alternative, simpler and more utopian way of life.

    2017 December 28, Kim Willsher, “End of la ZAD? France’s ‘utopian’ anti-airport community faces bitter last stand”, in The Guardian

Origin

  1. FrenchZAD
  2. EnglishZAD

Borrowed from French ZAD, short for zone à défendre (“zone to defend”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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