Chad

• IPA^(key): /tʃæd/

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• Rhymes: -æd

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 a stereotype in Anglosphere cultures that men with such a name tend to bear that temperament.

Chad

1. A male given name. Also a modern nickname for Charles, Chadwick and similar-sounding names
2. (Britain) The British version of the "Kilroy was here" graffiti.

• 1993 Jonathan Kellerman, Devil's Waltz, Random House 1998, →ISBN, page 26:

  "What else? Anyway, here's the genealogy: Charles Junior's only son is Charles the Third - like royalty. He goes by Chip - Cassie's daddy. The mom is Cindy. The dead son was Chad - Charles the Fourth."

  "All Cs," I said. "Sounds like they like order."

• 1995 Hanif Kureishi, The Black Album, Faber and Faber, →ISBN, pages 88, 90

  'He used to be called Trevor Buss.'

  'Chad? I don't believe you.' […]

  'He changed his name into Muhammad Shahabuddin Ali-Shah.'

  'No!'

  'He'd insist on the whole name. He played football and his mates got fed up saying, "Pass the ball, Muhammad Shahabuddin Ali-Shah" […] No one passed to him. So he became Chad.'

Chad (plural Chads)

1. (slang, chiefly Internet) A very handsome, successful and socially competent man whom women find sexually attractive, especially as opposed to an awkward nerd; an alpha male. (coordinate term: Stacy)
   • 2018 Alex Hern, Who are the 'incels' and how do they relate to Toronto van attack? The Guardian

     They are united by the fact that women will not have sex with them, usually attributed to shallow obsessions with looks or superficial personality, and by their hatred of “Chads” and “Stacys”, the men and women who have sex.

• Stacy
• Trixie

Believed to be from Kanuri tsade ("lake", after Lake Chad)

Chad

1. A country in Central Africa. Official name: Republic of Chad.
2. A lake in Central Africa.

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• Countries of the world

Chad m

1. Chad

From English Chad, from Old English.

Chad

1. a male given name

From English Chad, believed to be from Kanuri tsade ("lake", after Lake Chad)

Chad

1. a country in Central Africa
2. a lake in Central Africa

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃad/, [ˈt͡ʃað]

Chad ?

1. Chad

• chadiano, chadiana