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co·ed or co-ed

(kōĕd′)

n.
Often Derogatory

A woman who attends a coeducational college or university.

adj.
Informal

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 men and women or to both boys and girls: a coed dorm; a coed pool.

[Short for coeducational.]

Usage Note: Although as a noun coed once referred to male and female students at a college, the word now refers primarily to young women who attend a coeducational college or university. Because there is no separate word for male college students, and the word carries a connotation of frivolity, the noun coed is often considered derogatory.

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