"Thad" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2007, Joyce Carol Oates, The Gravedigger's Daughter, Fourth estate, page 503",
          "text": "\"You must call me 'Thaddeus,' Hazel Jones. Better yet, 'Thad'. 'Mr. Gallagher' is for servants and other hirelings.\"\nWhen Hazel made no reply, Thaddeus learned toward her suggestively: \"Will you call me 'Thad'? It's very like 'Chet', - eh? Almost no one calls me 'Thad' any longer, my old friends are falling away - every season, like dying leaves.\"",
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  "word": "Thad"
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