Thad en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /θæd/
Etymology
Clipping of Thaddeus.
Meanings
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A diminutive of the male given names Thaddeus and Thaddaeus, sometimes also used as a formal given name.
"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: