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co-ed, n. and a. colloq. (orig. U.S.).
[abbrev. of co-education, -educational a.]
A. n.
1. Co-education; a co-educational institution or system.
1886L. M. Alcott Jo's Boys v. 104 Girls..ought not to study so much. Never liked co-ed. 1958Listener 12 June 991/3 We are at a Secondary Modern ‘co-ed’.
2. A girl or woman student at a co-educational institution.
1893in Funk's Stand. Dict. 1903Independent 12 Feb. 369/2 Any college where the girls are commonly called ‘co-eds’ is not a truly co-educational institution. 1928Morning Post 20 Oct. 8/3 In some of the ultra-modern American Universities, where ‘co-eds’ abound. 1931J. B. Priestley Angel Pavem. vi. 315 A college girl, what they call over there a co-ed. 1951Auden Nones (1952) 60 Enormous novels by co-eds Rain down on our defenceless heads. 1970Daily Tel. 6 May 34/3 Undergraduates and co-eds sought more violent or dramatic ways of expressing their feelings.
B. adj.
1. Co-educational.
2. Of or pertaining to a co-ed (sense 2).
1889Pueblo (Colorado) Opinion 21 July 2/2 A Newport Story, a ‘Co-Ed.’ Story..are some of the attractions of Demorest Monthly Magazine for August. 1895Bachelor Arts Monthly May 113 There is even danger that soon ‘co-ed’ institutions will degenerate into mere matrimonial agencies. 1949R. Graves 7 Days New Crete vi. 71, I went to a co-ed school in Switzerland. I was the head girl. |
