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Ted en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /tɛd/

Etymology

Shortened form of Edward, Theodore, Thaddeus or Edmund.

Meanings

  1. (informal) A Teddy boy.

Forms

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Ted en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /tɛd/

Etymology

Shortened form of Edward, Theodore, Thaddeus or Edmund.

Meanings

  1. A nickname for the male given names Edward, Theodore, Thaddeus, and Edmund.
    • Second, Kaczynski attended Harvard University and the University of Michigan, not MIT. An MIT spokesperson said in a Wednesday email: “We have no enrollment record or information that Ted Kaczynski ever attended MIT.” 2025 July 16, Daniel Dale, “Fact check: Trump tells fictional story about his uncle and the Unabomber”, in CNN, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2025:

Deriveds

tedhadleyite

Synonyms

Tedd (male given name) · Eddie (male given name) · Teddy (male given name) · Teddie (male given name) · Eddy (male given name)

Translations (6)

ja テッド (diminutive of Edward, Theodore, Thaddeus, or Edmund) · cmn 特德 (diminutive of Edward, Theodore, Thaddeus, or Edmund) · pl Tadzio (diminutive of Edward, Theodore, Thaddeus, or Edmund) · ru Тед (diminutive of Edward, Theodore, Thaddeus, or Edmund) · cmn 泰德 (diminutive of Edward, Theodore, Thaddeus, or Edmund) · pl Tadek (diminutive of Edward, Theodore, Thaddeus, or Edmund)