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Ned

1 American  
[ned] / nɛd /

noun

  1. a male given name, form of Edward.


N.E.D. 2 American  
Or NED

abbreviation

  1. New English Dictionary.


ned British  
/ nɛd /

noun

  1. slang a young working-class male who dresses in casual sports clothes

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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.

From The Wall Street Journal