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Chad   /tʃæd/   Listen
Chad

noun
1.
A small piece of paper that is supposed to be removed when a hole is punched in a card or paper tape.
2.
A lake in north central Africa; fed by the Shari river.  Synonym: Lake Chad.
3.
A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa; was under French control until 1960.  Synonyms: Republic of Chad, Tchad.
4.
A family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa.  Synonyms: Chadic, Chadic language.



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"Chad" Quotes from Famous Books



... Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China (also see separate Taiwan entry) Christmas Island Clipperton Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colombia Comoros Congo Cook Islands Coral Sea Islands Costa Rica Cote d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba ...
— The 1993 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... into the sea,' I explained. 'Then you bait with a chad's head, and let your line down a couple of fathoms. You can see your bait ...
— Ensign Knightley and Other Stories • A. E. W. Mason

... "St. Chad," a choral in D, with a four-bar unison, in the Evangelical Hymnal, is worthy of the hymn. Richard Redhead, the composer, organist of the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Paddington, Eng., was born at Harrow, Middlesex, March 1, 1820, and educated ...
— The Story of the Hymns and Tunes • Theron Brown and Hezekiah Butterworth

... though probably most of them survive in a disguised form, e.g. Price is sometimes for Brice, Cuthbert has sometimes given Cubitt and Cobbett, and also Cutts. Bottle sometimes represents Botolf, Neate may be for Neot, and Chad (Ceadda) survives as Chatt and in many local names. The Cornish Tangye is from the Breton St. Tanneguy. The Archangel Michael has given one of our commonest names, Mitchell (Chapter IV). This is through French, but we ...
— The Romance of Names • Ernest Weekley

... God yelde you sir, chad not so much ichotte not whan, Nere since chwas bore chwine, of such ...
— Roister Doister - Written, probably also represented, before 1553. Carefully - edited from the unique copy, now at Eton College • Nicholas Udall



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