chiefly British, informal
: traditional
… had partaken of the trad British breakfast …—
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Pamela Vandyke PriceShowcasing such trad virtues as live musicianship, brick-solid song structures and stylistic breadth, this is one sweet set.—Paul Evans
Paul Evans… ski and surf outfits, not just in the dumb old trad black, either.—Bernice Peck
Bernice PeckExamples of trad in a Sentence
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First was a simple, trad-style aesthetic.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 16 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, in Chicago, Abdullah Abbasi has leveraged his trad son lifestyle into a business.
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2025
Social media algorithms have seen phenomena like the trad wife, the sorority girl, or the conservative hot girl, all of which are associated with right-wing political ideologies, gain recognition in recent years as critics argue that feminism and feminist figures have seemed to lose popularity.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Oct. 2025
Anya Lacey is aware of the oxymoron that comes with being an OnlyFans creator while aspiring to be a trad wife.
—Jason Parham, Wired News, 13 Oct. 2025
So no, Taylor Swift is not going to become a trad wife.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 7 Oct. 2025
The story follows two college friends: a journalist and an internet-famous trad wife who reunite to solve a possible murder.
—Amy Shoenthal, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
The rubes in the trad lobby have been snookered—though their final betrayal is yet to come.
—Ian Volner, Artforum, 28 May 2025
Norton also has plans to record an album of trad songs with Tyler Ramsey, the North Carolina singer-songwriter and former member of Band of Horses.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2025
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Riley Jones, Footwear News, 16 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, in Chicago, Abdullah Abbasi has leveraged his trad son lifestyle into a business.
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2025
Social media algorithms have seen phenomena like the trad wife, the sorority girl, or the conservative hot girl, all of which are associated with right-wing political ideologies, gain recognition in recent years as critics argue that feminism and feminist figures have seemed to lose popularity.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Oct. 2025
Anya Lacey is aware of the oxymoron that comes with being an OnlyFans creator while aspiring to be a trad wife.
—Jason Parham, Wired News, 13 Oct. 2025
So no, Taylor Swift is not going to become a trad wife.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 7 Oct. 2025
The story follows two college friends: a journalist and an internet-famous trad wife who reunite to solve a possible murder.
—Amy Shoenthal, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
The rubes in the trad lobby have been snookered—though their final betrayal is yet to come.
—Ian Volner, Artforum, 28 May 2025
Norton also has plans to record an album of trad songs with Tyler Ramsey, the North Carolina singer-songwriter and former member of Band of Horses.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2025
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“Trad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trad. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.
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