coed

or co-ed

[ koh-ed, -ed ]

/ ˈkoʊˈɛd, -ˌɛd /

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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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How to use coed in a sentence

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
Both schools had gone co-ed in the 1970s, just a decade before I arrived; my graduating class was still 2/3 boys.
Sex Abuse Scandals at Horace Mann: What Do They Tell Us About Private School?|Megan McArdle|March 26, 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
Can't you persuade this girl of ours to give up the co-ed plan back yonder in Annapolis,—she knows all the seamanship and nav.
Peggy Stewart at School|Gabrielle E. Jackson
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
Yet great misfortunes befell both this Co-ed mare and her owner.
Welsh Fairy Tales|William Elliott Griffis
She is rather different than the usual co-ed, anyway, she thinks comfortably.
Seductio Ad Absurdum|Emily Hahn
They'd stroll gently up a canyon (Co-ed Canyon, I think he called it).
Caybigan|James Hopper

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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