Proper noun

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

Etymology 2

Proper noun

1. . Also a modern nickname for Charles, Chadwick and similar-sounding names
2. The British version of the graffiti.

Quotations

• 1993 Jonathan Kellerman, Devil's Waltz, Random House 1998, ISBN 0345460715, 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 0571150861, 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.'