coed

or co-ed

[ koh-ed, -ed ]

noun

1. Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.

adjective

1. coeducational ( def 1 ).
2. Older Use. of, relating to, or being a coed or coeds:

   coed fads.

3. for or serving both men and women alike.

Word History and Origins

Origin of coed¹

1885–90, Americanism; short for coeducational student

Example Sentences

They conspired to form a coed team together, with Curtis as their third, and lay waste to the field the next time the tournament came around.

From Washington Post

There’ll be men’s sports and there’ll be semi-coed sports, and women and girls in Connecticut will be losers.

From Vox

Children frequently play coed sports until puberty begins, and only then does there begin to be a separation in athletic performance between boys and girls.

From Vox

When it cut 11 sports last year, Brown said it would reach compliance by adding a women’s and a coed sailing team.

From Washington Post

Her position was eliminated, and Donald Wells, the former cheerleading director who supervised Keene when she was a cheerleader, said she was not offered the opportunity to lead the new coed squad.

From Washington Post

We lived in a coed dorm, with the first and third floors housing the young men, and the second floor housing the girls.

From The Daily Beast

By the time Wurtzel arrived at Harvard in the 1980s, the university had gone coed.

From The Daily Beast

And, of course, a frequent cruise-ship stop and coed party spot.

From The Daily Beast

Katz says the coed school is in a different zone and is filled with its own kids.

From The Daily Beast

For example, enrollment must be voluntary, and parents need to be provided with a coed option.

From The Daily Beast

Bettws-y-Coed is the most famous of mountain towns in Wales, and its situation is indeed romantic.

From Project Gutenberg

And if anybody called Wood (say) had put up a house here, he'd probably have called it 'Ty Coed.'

From Project Gutenberg

Even at the Ty'n-y-Coed, where young girls abounded, it would not be right to pretend that there were young men enough.

From Project Gutenberg

One of the prettiest places for sketching, as well as a spot where the fisherman's skill is often rewarded, is Bettws-y-Coed.

From Project Gutenberg

A portion of these rocks, with the little tumulus-like hill of Pen y Coed, forms the eastern barrier.

From Project Gutenberg

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