Swede
noun
a native or inhabitant of Sweden.
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Swede
American
[sweed]
/ swid /
noun
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a native or inhabitant of Sweden.
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(lowercase) a rutabaga.
swede
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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
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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
Example Sentences
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Mouat has beaten Niklas Edin in eight of their last 10 meetings, and the Swede could not disturb that trend high in the Dolomites in northern Italy.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
Viktor Gyokeres sealed Arsenal's second successive league win with a 66th-minute strike before the Swede netted again in stoppage time.
From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026
Isak's former team-mates knew the runs he would make and the Swede, conversely, knew his side's patterns inside, out.
From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026
Carlsson, a Swede, is one of four Ducks selected to play in the Winter Games.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 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
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