Swede
a native or inhabitant of Sweden.
(lowercase)Chiefly British. a rutabaga.
Origin of Swede
1Words Nearby Swede
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
How to use Swede in a sentence
One of those artists is Daniel Martinger, a 29-year-old Swede who began using a preview version of the engine in December.
Inside Epic's Unreal Engine 5—and What It Means for the Future of Gaming, Movies, and the Metaverse | Andrew R. Chow | April 5, 2022 | TimeIt was the Swede’s fifth goal, and he added two assists, including on Ovechkin’s winner.
Alex Ovechkin returns, scores overtime winner as Capitals beat Bruins, 4-3 | Samantha Pell | January 31, 2021 | Washington PostEarlier this year a Lebanese-Swede on trial for a plot against tourists in Cyprus told a court Hezbollah paid him.
The Swede called the young Dane “a genius,” and labeled his film “a masterpiece.”
Denmark Has a Riveting New Drama Starring Mads Mikkelsen | Marlow Stern | July 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe average American, he said, is much worse off than the average Swede.
This is also true the other way, by the way; the average Swede would not be happy living in America.
With those four words, the towering Swede, Dolph Lundgren, achieved film immortality.
Dolph Lundgren’s Wild Ride: From Fulbright Scholar to ‘The Expendables 2’ | Marlow Stern | August 17, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTA Dutchman—what you would call a Swede—a hulking beggar, came up from the fo'c'sle very much the worse for wear.
Jaffery | William J. LockeSvein Hakonson, he that was the finest man that men have ever looked on, received earldom from Olaf the Swede.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) | Snorri SturlusonIt is wonderful to hear the infinite variety of modulation which a Swede gives to these two insignificant syllables.
When he and the Swede parted, after the fight between Martin and Robson, he went straight off to his home in the town.
Garman and Worse | Alexander Lange KiellandWoodlouse and the Swede looked at each other meaningly, and each went his way without saying a word.
Garman and Worse | Alexander Lange Kielland
British Dictionary definitions for swede (1 of 2)
/ (swiːd) /
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)
the root of this plant
NZ a slang word for head (def. 1)
Origin of swede
1- Also called (for senses 1, 2): Swedish turnip, (US and Canadian) rutabaga
British Dictionary definitions for Swede (2 of 2)
/ (swiːd) /
a native, citizen, or inhabitant of Sweden
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse