Anzac

American  

[an-zak] / ˈæn zæk /

noun

1. a member of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during World War I.

2. a soldier from Australia or New Zealand.

3. any Australian or New Zealander.

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Anzac British  

/ ˈænzæk /

noun

1. (in World War I) a soldier serving with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps

2. (now) any Australian or New Zealand soldier

3. the Anzac landing at Gallipoli in 1915

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Etymology

Origin of Anzac

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

The values of the so-called Anzac spirit - famously traced to a doomed offensive carried out by Australian troops at Gallipoli, Turkey, in World War One - are embedded in Australia's sense of national identity.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

“Anzac Day has never asked us to exalt in the glories of war. Anzac Day asks us to stand against the erosion of time and to hold on to their names,” Albanese added.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2024

Police said there was no threat to Thursday’s events for Anzac Day, when thousands gather for dawn services and street marches around Australia to commemorate the nation’s war dead.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2024

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will lead an Anzac Day dawn service in capital Canberra from 5 a.m.

From Reuters • Apr. 24, 2023

At the time of the first landing at Anzac an hour after the assault began they left with twelve hundred wounded Australians.

From Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition by Gallishaw, John