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Swede

  [sweed] ,
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–noun
1. a native or inhabitant of Sweden.
2. (lowercase) Chiefly British. a rutabaga.
Origin:
1580–90; < MD or MLG; c. G Schwede; cf. OE Swēon (pl.), ON Svēar, Svīar, ML Suiōnes
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ru·ta·ba·ga   (rōō'tə-bā'gə, rŏŏt'ə-, rōō'tə-bā'gə, rŏŏt'ə-)   
n.   In both senses also called swede, Swedish turnip.

  1. A European plant (Brassica napus var. napobrassica) having a thick bulbous root used as food and as livestock feed.

  2. The edible root of this plant.


[Swedish dialectal rotabagge : rot, root (from Old Norse rōt; see wrād- in Indo-European roots) + bagge, bag (from Old Norse baggi).]
swede   (swēd)   
n.  See rutabaga.

[From its introduction from Sweden.]
Swede   (swēd)   
n.  

  1. A native or inhabitant of Sweden.

  2. A person of Swedish ancestry.


[Low German (from Middle Low German Swēde) or Dutch Zweed (from Middle Dutch Swēde).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

Swede 
1614, from Low Ger., from M.L.G. Swede, back-formed from a source akin to O.E. Sweoðeod, lit. "Swede-people," from Sweon (pl.) "Swedes" (O.N., O.Swed. Sviar, L. Suiones). Sweden (1603) is from M.Du. Sweden, probably a dat. pl. of Swede (earlier in Eng. Sweden was used of the people and Swedeland of the country). In O.E., the country was Sweoland or Sweorice (cf. O.N. sviariki, source of Swed. Sverige). The present Eng. form of the country name emerged 16c. in Scot. (Swethin, Swadne, etc.). Swedish is recorded from 1632.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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