Swede
noun
a native or inhabitant of Sweden.
Swede
American
[sweed]
/ swid /
noun
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a native or inhabitant of Sweden.
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(lowercase) a rutabaga.
swede
1
British
/ swiːd /
noun
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a Eurasian plant, Brassica napus (or B. napobrassica ), cultivated for its bulbous edible root, which is used as a vegetable and as cattle fodder: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
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the root of this plant
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a slang word for head
Swede
2
British
/ swiːd /
noun
Etymology
Origin of Swede
1580–90; < Middle Dutch or Middle Low German; cognate with German Schwede; compare Old English Swēon (plural), Old Norse Svēar, Svīar, Medieval Latin Suiōnes
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Bar an early chance for Yasin Ayari, which the Swede blazed over, Fabian Hurzeler's side didn't have any major chances of note.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
The Swede, who’s lived in L.A. for nearly a decade, hosts a secretive, recurring party at the bar called SOUP.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
Lundberg, a Swede who is now retired, quit a prominent job at AstraZeneca in London to take a position at Lilly’s headquarters in Indianapolis.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Swede Aberg also shot a 69 while England's Fleetwood knocked in birdies on the fifth and sixth holes - his 14th and 15th - as he posted a level-par 70.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
She was a Swede, and she let Laura and Mary look at the pretty things she had brought from Sweden—laces, and colored embroideries, and china.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
In a two-year experiment, about 800 swede plants were grown over 10 generations on different soil types in a greenhouse.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2024
This is why the following vegetables, which belong to the brassica family, have different tastes: broccoli, cabbage, kale, swede, wasabi, horseradish, turnip, rocket, watercress, cauliflower and mustard.
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2022
"We have a traditional Christmas dinner: turkey - although I don't like stuffing - potatoes, carrots and swede," he says.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2021
This is, perhaps, the reason that it’s sometimes called a Swedish turnip or simply a swede.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 29, 2019
"Iss, you've 'ad nothin' but a swede turmut, and that ed'n rastlin' mait," said Betsey.
From The Birthright by Joseph Hocking
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