chiefly British, informal
: traditional
… had partaken of the trad British breakfast …—
Pamela Vandyke Price
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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Young women were cooing on TikTok about becoming trad wives and stay-at-home girlfriends.
—Dayna Tortorici, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Love them or hate them, trad wives, Divita says, have had an undeniable influence on pop culture.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
There was cottage core, there was the trad wife, there was the stay-at-home girlfriend.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
There are millions of posts about her on TikTok alone, from weekend gardeners and trad wives, organic farmers and Carhartted homesteaders.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
Millie Bobby Brown, who is currently on the press tour for Electric State as Millie Bobby Blonde, did not mean to be a trad wife.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 12 Mar. 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
Critics of trad wives often accuse them of promoting a lifestyle that's unattainable.
—Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
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Dayna Tortorici, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Love them or hate them, trad wives, Divita says, have had an undeniable influence on pop culture.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
There was cottage core, there was the trad wife, there was the stay-at-home girlfriend.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
There are millions of posts about her on TikTok alone, from weekend gardeners and trad wives, organic farmers and Carhartted homesteaders.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
Millie Bobby Brown, who is currently on the press tour for Electric State as Millie Bobby Blonde, did not mean to be a trad wife.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 12 Mar. 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
Critics of trad wives often accuse them of promoting a lifestyle that's unattainable.
—Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Trad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trad. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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