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trad

British  
/ træd /

noun

  1. traditional jazz, as revived in the 1950s

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adjective

  1. short for traditional

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Example Sentences

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“I’m not a trad wife influencer,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Nor do I think that the failure of “And Just Like That” has anything to do with the current political climate or the rise of the trad wife or whatever hot takes seem handy.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2025

The event organisers say there will also be a "vibrant" line-up of live music, including Scottish trad, jazz, Afrobeat, hip hop, and Latin soul.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2025

On one side, the crunchy or trad or zero-waste kitchen, with its mason jars full of sourdough starter and unpasteurized milk.

From Slate • Mar. 15, 2025

I could see them now and then, leaping over old logs, tearing through the underbrash, sniffing and searching for the lost trad.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls