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CO-ED

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co⋅ed

  [koh-ed, -ed]
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–noun
1. a female student in a coeducational institution, esp. in a college or university.
–adjective
2. coeducational (def. 1).
3. of, pertaining to, or being a coed or coeds: coed fads.
4. for or serving both men and women alike.
Also, co-ed.

Origin:
1885–90, Americanism; short for coeducational student
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co·ed or co-ed   (kō'ěd')   
n.  A woman who attends a coeducational college or university.
adj.  

  1. Of or relating to an education system in which both men and women attend the same institution or classes; coeducational: a coed university.

  2. Open to both sexes: a coed dorm; a coed pool.


[Short for coeducational.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

co-ed 
short for co-education, originally Amer.Eng., 1886 (first in Louisa Mae Alcott's "Jo's Boys"); meaning "girl or woman student at a co-educational institution" first recorded 1893.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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