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Ned

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[ ned ]

noun

  1. a male given name, form of Edward.


N.E.D.

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or NED

abbreviation for

  1. New English Dictionary.

ned

/ ɛ /

noun

  1. slang.
    a young working-class male who dresses in casual sports clothes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԱ, adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Ned1

C20: a shortened form of Edward
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Example Sentences

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Ned Hammond, Energy UK's deputy director for customers, told BBC Radio 4's You and Yours the rate of replacement was rising, but added: "Obviously we'd need to increase from there significantly still to replace all the meters by the end of June."

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Honor shapes Ned's life, one that concludes with him confessing to a crime he didn’t commit before he’s beheaded for the enjoyment of snarling smallfolk he tried to protect.

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Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” novels before watching the “Game of Thrones” episode that sealed Ned’s fate.

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Comprehending the way Martin set up Ned on the page to be the triumphant hero, only to pull the rug out from under his readers, is one matter.

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As Ned Blackhawk wrote in “The Rediscovery of America,” his National Book Award–winning history, “The exclusion of Native Americans was codified in the Constitution, maintained throughout the antebellum era, and legislated into the twentieth century: far from being incidental, it enabled the development of the United States. U.S. history as we currently know it does not account for the centrality of Native Americans.”

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