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Ted

proper nounnouncommon in dialogue

  • //tɛd//

A nickname for the male given names Edward, Theodore, Thaddeus, and Edmund.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A nickname for the male given names Edward, Theodore, Thaddeus, and Edmund.

    Second, Kaczynski attended Harvard University and the University of Michigan, not MIT. An MIT spokesperson said in a Wednesday email: “We have no enrollment record or information that Ted Kaczynski ever attended MIT.”

Etymology

Shortened form of Edward, Theodore, Thaddeus or Edmund.

noun

  1. 1

    informalA Teddy boy.

Forms

plural
Teds
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