Swede Definition

swēd
noun
A native or inhabitant of Sweden.
American Heritage
A person born or living in Sweden.
Webster's New World

Rutabaga.

Webster's New World

(chiefly UK) The fleshy yellow root of a variety of rape, Brassica napus, resembling a large turnip, grown as a vegetable.

Wiktionary
The plant from which this is obtained.
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Swede

Noun

Singular:
Swede
Plural:
swedes

Origin of Swede

  • Low German (from Middle Low German Swēde) or Dutch Zweed (from Middle Dutch Swēde)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the earlier term Swedish turnip, because the Swedes introduced the plant to the English in the 1700s.

    From Wiktionary

  • From late Middle Low German or early German Low German or Dutch Low Saxon.

    From Wiktionary

Swede Sentence Examples

  • And guitars like the Swede were just darned good.

  • In the second-string department, highly-rated Swede Sebastian Alden fills one position, with the other taken by fellow countryman Davidsson.

  • And I've only ever turned down Swede once (he had dirty fingernails ).

  • Another Swede, the elegant Peter Johansson, won the last grand prix of the century, fittingly, for KTM.

  • Then we have cereals and grasses and brassicas, which include kale, swede, mangels, turnip and rape.

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Words Starting With

SSWSWE

Words Ending With

EDEEDE

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