coed

or co-ed

[ koh-ed, -ed ]

/ ˈkoʊˈɛd, -ˌɛd /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR coed

noun

Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.

adjective

coeducational (def. 1).

Older Use. of, relating to, or being a coed or coeds: coed fads.

for or serving both men and women alike.

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Origin of coed

1885–90, Americanism; short for coeducational student

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Example sentences from the Web for coed

Yet, even as a joke, that is an insult to your education and the women who worked hard to make Princeton a co-ed institution.
Dear Princeton Mom, Stop Telling Me To Husband-Hunt|Emily Shire|February 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One such program, Navigators USA (a co-ed organization), has seen its membership double in the past year.
Disgusted by the Boy Scouts? Here’s an Alternative|Ilana Glazer|April 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
At Big Valley, a co-ed pre-K-12 in hardscrabble Modesto, Calif., the trip to Washington D.C. has been an annual rite of passage.
The Sequester Ruined Our Eighth-Grade Trip to Washington, D.C.|David Freedlander|March 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
To quote our friend Gina Bianchini, "Marketers need to be reminded that the boys club is co-ed now."
VOCO’s Sexist Ad Demonstrates That the Tech Industry Badly Needs Women|Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Jean Kilbourne|January 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST

For 47,745 of the 47,763 runners who competed in the New York Marathon in 2011, it was a co-ed race.
Why Are There So Few Female Plutocrats?|Chrystia Freeland|October 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST
And now September was drawing to its close, and with the last day of that month their eagerly-longed for co-ed days would begin.
A Dixie School Girl|Gabrielle E. Jackson
On the fringe of this group, an olive-skinned Brazilian co-ed asks: "Where's Martha?"
The Fourth R|George Oliver Smith
Good food, daintily served, only goes with a co-ed mental regimen.
Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers|Elbert Hubbard
Powell, the castle-lord, was so happy that he offered the man of Co-ed rich gifts of horses, jewels and dogs.
Welsh Fairy Tales|William Elliott Griffis
He found how great an object of interest to the co-ed element a man becomes when he is in love.
Stanford Stories|Charles K. Field

British Dictionary definitions for coed

co-ed

/ (ˌkəʊˈɛd) /

adjective

coeducational

noun

US a female student in a coeducational college or university

British a school or college providing coeducation

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