Ned
1 Americannoun
abbreviation
noun
Other Word Forms
- neddy adjective
Etymology
Origin of ned
C20: a shortened form of Edward
Example Sentences
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The alpine country Freeman disappeared into is the same one that harboured Ned Kelly and his infamous gang of bushrangers in the 1870s.
From BBC
Ned Stark cannot bring himself to tell King Robert of Joffrey’s illegitimacy, because he is traumatized by dead Targaryen children wrapped in bloody cloaks; Brienne of Tarth wanders the Riverlands for a vow made to a woman now dead, because a life of ridicule has turned her inwards in a quest to embody a true and loyal knight, even without recognition.
From Salon
Sansa Stark, in moments of natural, sometimes self-loathing empathy, offers mercy to people she should fear or despise, and finds reciprocation in their own warped forms; Ned Stark, the father who surrendered his precious honesty to protect Sansa from Joffrey’s wrath, receives his own posthumous gift: the unshakeable loyalty of bannermen who will die for his children.
From Salon
In Connecticut, which along with New York and New Jersey comprises the metropolitan Tri-state area, Governor Ned Lamont signed an emergency order halting all commercial vehicles from traveling on highways across the state.
From BBC
“I thought his head was going to explode,” said Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, a Democrat.
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