Meaning of VAD | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Initialism of Voluntary Aid Detachment: a women′s first-aid organisation active during World War I and World War II, or a member of this detachment; also V.A.D.
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2. A village in Șercaia, Brașov County, Romania.
3. A commune of Cluj County, Romania.
4. Initialism of ventricular assist device.
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5. A village in Vad, Cluj County, Romania.
6. A village in Copalnic-Mănăștur, Maramureș County, Romania.
7. A village in Dragomirești, Neamț County, Romania.

Examples

“A young girl in V.A.D. uniform ran lightly across the lawn.”

“‘You've not been caught in bed with a V.A.D.?’ Tietjens asked.”

“‘A nurse is like a doctor. It takes a long time to be. A VAD is a short cut.’”

“If Mollie Skinner was ever technically a member of a Voluntary Aid Detachment in India she would have been an unusually experienced and well-qualified one. VADs were more frequently lady amateurs[…].”

“There was also the Dublin University VAD, or Voluntary Aid Detachment branch of Dublin University Women graduates and undergraduates.”

“2008, Celia M. Kingsbury, Chapter 2: Food Will Win the War, Kathleen LeBesco, Peter Naccarato (editors), Edible Ideologies: Representing Food and Meaning, State University of New York Press, 46, Smith, pseudonym for freelance writer Evadne Price, obtained the war journal of a V.A.D. by the name of Winifred Young, who had turned over the diary with the stipulation that Price remain faithful to the tone.”

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