coed
Americannoun
adjective
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Older Use. of, relating to, or being a coed or coeds.
coed fads.
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for or serving both men and women alike.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of coed
1885–90, short for coeducational student
Example Sentences
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He even met his wife while playing a coed kickabout in Washington, D.C.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
A coed Filipino version was made in 1975, and a prosaic Americanized take in 1990.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026
The studio’s last original Disney+ series, “Win or Lose,” about a coed middle school softball team, will arrive late this year.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2024
The relatively light calendar reflected the choice of some brands to favor coed shows during the womenswear week, scheduled for next month.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 15, 2024
My brother Mickey went to Textiles High, and that school was coed.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
Ms. Hunt said she begged studio executives to end her run of dewy-eyed coeds and romance-minded ingénues and give her a better range of parts, even if it meant a drop from marquee billing.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 10, 2022
A collection of female coeds go out on Halloween night, pick up a couple of dudes and end up at an extreme horror-themed, haunted-house maze featuring typical scares.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 15, 2021
From the 1920s to the ’70s, coeds looking for the architecture school often were given directions to the interior design department.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 13, 2020
The two coeds talked of their ambitions, how they would change the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2018
Sleek, mahogany motorboats roared by, on their way from Lake Washington into the Cut, coeds in bathing suits perched on the rear decks waving at them as they passed.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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